Vertiport Selection in Hybrid Air-Ground Transportation Networks via Mathematical Programs With Equilibrium Constraints

Yue Yu, Mengyuan Wang, Mehran Mesbahi, Ufuk Topcu

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Abstract

Urban air mobility is a concept that promotes aerial modes of transport in urban areas. In these areas, the location and capacity of the vertiports - where the travelers embark and disembark the aircraft - not only affect flight delays, but can also aggravate the congestion of ground vehicles by creating extra ground travel demands. In this article, we introduce a mathematical model for selecting the location and capacity of the vertiports that minimizes traffic congestion in hybrid air-ground transportation networks. Our model is based on a mathematical program with bilinear equilibrium constraints. Furthermore, we show how to compute a global optimal solution to this mathematical program by solving a mixed-integer linear program. We demonstrate our results via the Anaheim transportation network model, which contains more than 400 nodes and 900 links.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number3262192
Pages (from-to)2108-2119
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2023
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Traffic equilibria
  • transportation network optimization
  • urban air mobility (UAM)

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