Pick-up Spot Optimization of LAVP Based on Connectivity

• 1、School of Automotive Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Abstract：In this paper, a two-stage method of drop-off and pick-up (D/P) spots optimization in long-range autonomous valet parking (LAVP) system is proposed. Firstly, the alternative D/P spots are determined by evaluating the development of each D/P spot. Based on the alternative D/P spots set, considering the benefit of users and the operator, a multi-objective model is presented to deploy the D/P spots for serving the LAVP system. The objectives include minimizing average parking waiting time, minimizing average automatic vehicle (AV) traveling time and minimizing average user trip duration. Finally, the two-stage method for D/P spots optimization is validated by simulation in Helsinki city. The results show that all AVs do not need to wait for parking spaces, which is verified that the method of evaluating the alternative D/Ps based on development is effective, which can effectively provide a reasonable search space for D/Ps. Furthermore, the solution of the D/Ps optimization accords with the actual conditions of Helsinki. This indicates that the proposed multi-objective model can consider the quantity, location and the cost of D/Ps\' construction.

Keywords： autonomous valet parking (AVP) autonomousvehicle (AV) location optimization attractiveness