Autonomous-Vehicle Public Transportation System: Scheduling and Admission Control

Technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is becoming mature, and many AVs will appear on roads in the near future. AVs become connected with the support of various vehicular communication technologies, and they possess a high degree of control to respond to instantaneous situations cooperatively with high efficiency and flexibility. In this paper, we propose a new public transportation system based on AVs. It manages a fleet of AVs to accommodate...