Towards greener airport surface operations: a reinforcement learning approach for autonomous taxiing

• Main Authors: Tran, Thanh-Nam, Pham Duc-Thinh, Alam, Sameer
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Artificial intelligence; Engineering::Civil engineering::Transportation; Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Simulation and modeling; Autonomous Taxi; Reinforcement Learning; Fuel Burn; Optimal Speed
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162776; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/-char/en
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study proposes an autonomous aircraft taxi-agent that can be used to recommend the pilot the optimal speed profile to achieve optimal fuel burn and to arrive on time at the target position on the taxiway while considering potential interactions with surrounding traffic. The problem is modeled a...