Development of a signal-head-free intersection control logic in a fully connected and autonomous vehicle environment

A Mirheli, L Hajibabai, A Hajbabaie - Transportation Research Part C …, 2018 - Elsevier
Establishment of effective cooperation between vehicles and transportation infrastructure
improves travel reliability in urban transportation networks. Lack of collaboration, however …

Hierarchical optimization of charging infrastructure design and facility utilization

A Mirheli, L Hajibabai - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes a bi-level optimization program to represent the electric vehicle (EV)
charging infrastructure design and utilization management problem with user-equilibrium …

Dynamic operations and pricing of electric unmanned aerial vehicle systems and power networks

K Zhang, L Lu, C Lei, H Zhu, Y Ouyang - Transportation Research Part C …, 2018 - Elsevier
The emergence of electric unmanned aerial vehicle (E-UAV) technologies, albeit somewhat
futuristic, is anticipated to pose similar challenges to the system operation as those of …

Utilization management and pricing of parking facilities under uncertain demand and user decisions

A Mirheli, L Hajibabai - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Excessive search for parking spots in congested areas contributes to additional travel delays
and negative socio-economic impacts. While managing parking utilization to address the …

The piezoelectric road status sensor using the frequency scanning method and machine-learning algorithms

K Gui, J Ge, L Ye, L Huang - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a piezoelectric sensor for measuring the thickness of ice and water
film on road surfaces, utilizing the frequency scanning method and machine-learning …

A game-theoretic approach for dynamic service scheduling at charging facilities

L Hajibabai, A Mirheli - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electric vehicle (EV) charging patterns are highly uncertain in both location, time, and
duration particularly in association with the predicted high demand for electric mobility in the …

Resource Allocation in an Uncertain Environment: Application to Snowplowing Operations in Utah

Y Wang, Y Chen, IO Ryzhov, XC Liu… - Transportation …, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
We consider a two-stage planning problem where a fleet of snowplow trucks is divided
among a set of independent regions, each of which then designs routes for efficient snow …

Joint column generation and Lagrangian relaxation technique for incident respondent location and allocation

A Atik, L Hajibabai - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Incident response operations require effective planning of resources to ensure timely
clearance of roadways and avoidance of secondary incidents. This study formulates a mixed …

Effects of automated vehicles on traffic operations at roundabouts

R Mohebifard, A Hajbabaie - 2020 IEEE 23rd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study evaluates the effects of various market penetration rates of connected
autonomous vehicles (CAV) on traffic operations at roundabouts. We have utilized a …

A case study of combined winter road snow plowing and de-icer spreading

O Quirion-Blais, A Langevin… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
In this article, we address a winter maintenance problem where the streets need to be
plowed and gritted in a sequence that depends on the class of the road. The maintenance …