Research Article

CARSP: A Smart Parking System Based on Doubly Periodic Rolling Horizon Allocation Approach

Table 2

Notations of this paper.

SetDescription

The overall time horizon
The set of allocation time points
The subset of BA time points
The subset of NA time points
The set of total parking demands
The set of total parking services
The set of parking facilities
The unallocated parking demand set at time point
The newly submitted parking demand set at time point
The previously submitted (but unallocated) parking demand set at time point
The allocated (but not occupied) parking demand set at time point
The arriving parking demand set at time point
The allocated but not arriving parking demand set at time point
The approaching parking demand set at time point
The allocated but not approaching parking demand set at time point
The occupied (but not terminated) parking demand set at time point
The terminated parking demand set at time point
The failed parking demand set at time point
The NA parking demand set at time point
The BA parking demand set at time point
The unallocated parking service set at time point
The allocated (but not occupied) parking service set at time point
The arriving parking service set at time point
The allocated but not arriving parking service set at time point
The approaching parking service set at time point
The allocated but not approaching parking service set at time point
The occupied (but not terminated) parking service set at time point
The terminated parking service set at time point
The NA parking service set at time point
The BA parking service set at time point

Parameter description

The submission time of parking demand
The response time of parking demand
The time window of parking demand
The destination location of parking demand
The maximum acceptable walking distance of parking demand
The maximum acceptable parking price of parking demand
The maximum acceptable waiting time of parking demand
The time window of parking service
The parking space location of parking service
The parking price of parking service
The short-term renting price of parking service 0 - if parking service is long-term renting
The long-term renting price of parking service 0 - if parking service is short-term renting
The compensation price
The length of parking time interval
The allocation period
The BA period
The time threshold to determine whether demands and services are arriving
The time threshold to determine whether demands and services are approaching
The size of NA parking demand set at time point
The size of BA parking demand set at time point
The number of parking demands served by parking space
The walking distance between parking space location of parking service and destination location of parking demand
The time window relationship between parking demand and parking service 1 - if the time window of parking demand is within that of parking service 0 - otherwise
The time window relationship between parking demand and parking demand 1 - if the time window of parking demand is not in conflict with that of parking demand 0 - otherwise
The belonging relationship between parking service and parking facility 1 - if parking service belongs to parking facility 0 - otherwise
The current status of passenger demand 1 - if passenger demand is arriving 0 - otherwise
The last allocation result between parking demand and parking service 1 - if parking service was allocated to parking demand 0 - otherwise

Variable description
The allocation result between parking de mand and parking service 1 - if parking service is allocated to parking demand 0 - otherwise.