Abstract

A vehicle platoon is a group of vehicles that can travel very close to each other safely at high speed. This paper deals with a system in which vehicles arrive at a station according to a Poisson process. Longer platoons are preferred when minimizing energy consumption, as the more vehicles in the platoon, the lower the total energy consumption. However, forming long platoons increases transport delay as vehicles have to wait longer. We consider a platoon formation policy with a time limit, time-limited policy: Platoon formation process begins with vehicles arriving when the station is empty; It lasts until an exact predetermined time limit has passed. This paper analyzes the platoon size and the energy consumption.

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