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Multi-Objective Optimization of Urban Air Transportation Networks Under Social Considerations

Hohmann, Nikolas ; Brulin, Sebastian ; Adamy, Jürgen ; Olhofer, Markus (2024)
Multi-Objective Optimization of Urban Air Transportation Networks Under Social Considerations.
In: IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024, 9 (11)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00028158
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Multi-Objective Optimization of Urban Air Transportation Networks Under Social Considerations
Language: English
Date: 27 September 2024
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 10 September 2024
Place of primary publication: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: IEEE
Journal or Publication Title: IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Volume of the journal: 9
Issue Number: 11
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00028158
Origin: Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access
Abstract:

This work proposes and investigates a solution approach to the urban air transportation network optimization problem, considering the perspectives of different stakeholders, including societal interests. Given logistic hub positions and a set of optimized paths connecting them pairwise, we aim for a Pareto-optimal and three-dimensional air corridor network structure. This work demonstrates a way to merge the given paths into a network and provides a framework to optimize the network further regarding multiple objectives. It proposes three objective functions that evaluate the network from the economic perspectives of network providers and users and the city residents’ social point of view. Using geospatial data from Frankfurt, Germany, we conducted different experiments including and excluding the social objective function under a varying input set of pre-optimized paths. Our analysis showed that taking social aspects into account results in traffic networks whose increase in social acceptance far outweighs the extra monetary costs. We conclude that it is beneficial to integrate social criteria into optimization problems when the solutions obtained are the basis for decisions in the area of conflict between the economy and human welfare.

Uncontrolled Keywords: Evolutionary algorithm, multi-objective, social, optimization, traffic network, transportation, UAM, UAV, unmanned aerial vehicle, urban, urban air mobility
Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-281582
Classification DDC: 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 621.3 Electrical engineering, electronics
Divisions: 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institut für Automatisierungstechnik und Mechatronik > Control Methods and Intelligent Systems
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2024 12:09
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2024 07:39
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/28158
PPN: 52177912X
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