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Kirichek, Alex (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Zuidwijk, R. (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Tachi, K. (author), van Koningsveld, M. (author)Several measures have been developed to prevent emissions from inland water transportation. However, it is challenging to weigh all the aspects to identify the pathway that will ultimately result in zero-emission inland shipping. A data-driven virtual representation of the inland shipping system can be used to evaluate zero-emission strategies,...conference paper 2023
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Song, R. (author), Papadimitriou, E. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)The safety of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in mixed waterborne transport system (MWTS) depends on effective situational awareness (SA) distribution among MASS, manned ships, and various stakeholders, such as Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), Remote Control Center (RCC) and Fairway Shipping Agency. This paper focuses on the research...conference paper 2023
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Karademir, C. (author), Alves Beirigo, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)This study considers an integrated water- and land-based transportation (IWLT) system for waste collection. Research on the issue is motivated by increased heavy street movements that damage quay walls as well as congestion. We present a novel two-echelon vehicle routing problem with satellite synchronization based on a two-index formulation and...conference paper 2022
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Los, J. (author), Schulte, F. (author), Spaan, M.T.J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Collaboration in transportation is important to reduce costs and emissions, but carriers may have incentives to bid strategically in decentralized auction systems. We investigate what the effect of the auction strategy is on the possible cheating benefits in a dynamic context, such that we can recommend a method with lower chances for...conference paper 2022
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Los, J. (author), Schulte, F. (author), Spaan, M.T.J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)The trends of autonomous transportation and mobility on demand in line with large numbers of requests increasingly call for decentralized vehicle routing optimization. Multi-agent systems (MASs) allow to model fully autonomous decentralized decision making, but are rarely considered in current decision support approaches. We propose a multi...conference paper 2022
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Flexible Collision-free Platooning Method for Unmanned Surface Vehicle with Experimental ValidationsDu, B. (author), Lin, Bin (author), Xie, Wei (author), Zhang, Weidong (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Pang, Y. (author)This paper addresses the flexible formation problem for unmanned surface vehicles in the presence of obstacles. Building upon the leader-follower formation scheme, a hybrid line-of-sight based flexible platooning method is proposed for follower vehicle to keep tracking the leader ship. A fusion artificial potential field collision avoidance...conference paper 2022
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Guo, Wenjing (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)This paper considers a coordinated global shipment matching problem in which a global operator receives shipment requests from shippers and three local operators provide local transport services in different geographical areas. While local operators make local matching decisions, the global operator combines the matched local services into...conference paper 2022
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Du, Zhe (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Reppa, V. (author)This paper proposes a novel dynamic coordination control scheme for a physically connected multi-vessel towing system to transport an offshore platform. The transportation process is executed by four tugboats, and each of them has a leading or following role. To render the transportation faster, the roles of the tugboats can be switched in...conference paper 2022
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Sprokkereef, Jasper M. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)It is desirable to improve the efficiency of container transport both from an economical and an environmental point of view, as increased efficiency decreases costs and emissions per transported container. Modern transport schemes, such as synchromodal transport, use a-modal bookings to increase the flexibility of the transport providers where...conference paper 2021
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Bouwstra, Pieter S. (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), Bijl, Peter (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Atasoy, B. (author)The quality of the delivery service is a crucial asset for an e-grocer to create and maintain a loyal customer-base. With the rapid market growth of e-grocers over the last decade, there is an urgent need for e-grocer specific routing systems. Although stochastic and dynamic routing models are studied for a wide range of applications, e...conference paper 2021
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Li, M. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Carroll, James (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)The increasing capacity of offshore wind energy around the world brings challenges in Operation and Maintenance (O&M) management. Over the past years, many studies have focused on developing sound maintenance strategies in order to minimize maintenance cost or maximize availability. One of the promising maintenance strategies is...conference paper 2021
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van Pampus, M.J. (author), Haseltalab, A. (author), Garofano, V. (author), Reppa, V. (author), Deinema, Y.H. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Formation control of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) has been studied extensively over the last few years since it offers promising advantages. In this paper, two control methods for distributed leader-follower formation control are proposed: A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (MPC) method and an MPC method using Feedback Linearization. One...conference paper 2021
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Du, Zhe (author), Reppa, V. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Collision avoidance plays a vital role in autonomous vehicle systems. As the complexity and scale of missions increase, multi-vehicle systems are adopted in practice. However, there is limited research on collision avoidance of a physically interconnected multi-vessel system. This paper proposes a control scheme for tugboats to tow a ship in...conference paper 2021
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Alves Beirigo, B. (author), Schulte, F. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Residents of cities’ most disadvantaged areas face significant barriers to key life activities, such as employment, education, and healthcare, due to the lack of mobility options. Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) create an opportunity to overcome this problem. By learning user demand patterns, SAV providers can improve regional service...conference paper 2020
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Los, J. (author), Schulte, F. (author), Gansterer, Margaretha (author), Hartl, Richard F. (author), Spaan, M.T.J. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)While collaborative vehicle routing has a significant potential to reduce transportation costs and emissions, current approaches are limited in terms of applicability, unrealistic assumptions, and low scalability. Centralized planning generally assumes full information and full control, which is often unacceptable for individual carriers....conference paper 2020
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Larsen, R.B. (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)When barges are scheduled before the demand for container transport is known, the scheduled departures may match poorly with the realised demands’ due dates and with the truck utilization. Synchromodal transport enables simultaneous planning of container, truck and barge routes at the operational level. Often these decisions are taken by...conference paper 2020
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Boers, Luke (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)We present a “rich” Petrol Station Replenishment Problem (PSRP) with real-life characteristics that represents the complexities involved in actual operations. The planning is optimised over multiple days and therefore, the new variant can be classified as the Multi-Period Petrol Station Replenishment Problem (MP-PSRP). A Mixed Integer Linear...conference paper 2020
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Neijmeijer, Nout (author), Schulte, F. (author), Tierney, Kevin (author), Polinder, H. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Dynamic pricing can be used for better fleet distribution in free-floating vehicle sharing (FFVS), and thus increase utilization and revenue for the provider by reducing supply-demand asymmetry. Supply-demand asymmetry refers to the existence of an undersupply of vehicles at some locations at the same time as underutilization of vehicles at...conference paper 2020
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Dalmijn, Menno (author), Atasoy, B. (author), Bijl, Peter (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)This paper proposes a model for charge scheduling of electric vehicles in last-mile distribution that takes into account battery degradation. A mixed integer linear programming formulation is proposed that minimizes labor, battery degradation and time-dependent energy costs. The benefit of implementing charge schedule optimization is assessed...conference paper 2020
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Zheng, Huarong (author), Jin, Chen (author), Luo, Xiling (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Wang, Yuexuan (author)The demand for transport between terminals within port areas, known as inter terminal transport (ITT), is increasing. This paper proposes a dynamic rolling horizon scheduling strategy for ITT using waterborne Autonomous Guided Vessels (waterborne AGVs). The strategy is dynamic in that it can handle the dynamically arriving ITT requests and...conference paper 2020