Review Article

Multi-Factor Taxonomy of Eco-Routing Models and Future Outlook

Table 2

Eco-routing models and their specifications related to the three-factor taxonomy proposed.

Study/yearFactor 1Factor 2Factor 3
ClassificationTraffic modelEmission modelScale# of obj. optimized

Rakha et al. (2012) [31] (IS1)INTEGRATION microscopic traffic assignment and simulation softwareINTEGRATIONTwo small case studiesOne objective at a time, or
Ahn and Rakha (2013) [32]
(IL1)
INTEGRATIONVT-micro microscopic emission modelLarge case study of the Cleveland and Columbus networkOne objective at a time, or
Sun and Liu (2015) [33]
(IS1)
Microscopic real-time traffic dataMicroscopic emission modelSmall case study of 20 signalized intersectionsOne objective at a time, or
Elbery et al. (2015) [34]
(IS1)
INTEGRATIONVT-micro modelSmall case study of one highway and two arterial roadsOne objective
Elbery et al. (2016) [35]
(IS1)
INTEGRATIONVT-micro model10 zones of one highway and two arterial roadsOne objective
Bandeira et al. (2018) [7]
(IL1)
Microscopic flow model
VISSIM
Microscopic emission model based on vehicle-specific power
(VSP)
Aveiro in Portugal that consists of 77,700 inhabitants for a scenario and NOx, CO, HC, and CO2 for another scenario
Elbery and Rakha (2019)
[36] (IL1)
INTEGRATIONVT-micro modelThe downtown area in the city of Los Angeles (LA)One objective
Tzeng and Chen (1993) [2]
(AL2)
Macroscopic Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) functionMacroscopic BPR functionUrban area of Taipei of 38 traffic zones, 268 nodes, and 688 links, TT, and CO emissions one at a time
Benedek and Rilett (1998)
[18] (AL1)
Macroscopic BPR functionMacroscopic TRANSYT-7F average-speed modelA network in Edmonton, Alberta, that consists of 54 zones and 809 nodes and 1,282 linksTT and CO emissions one at a time
Luo et al. (2016) [3] (AS2)Macroscopic flow modelsVT-macro modelHypothetical traffic network of 8 links, , and together
Patil (2016) [37] (AS2)Macroscopic BPR functionMacroscopic Comprehensive Modal Emission Model (CMEM)Two small networks & / for one scenario and for another one
Aziz and Ukkusuri (2012)
[38] (MS2)
Mesoscopic cell transmission model (CTM)Macroscopic based on average speed regression emission modelTwo small case studies and CO one at a time and together
Guo et al. (2013) [10]
(ML1)
TRANSIMS microscopic and macroscopic modelMultiscale Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator model (MOVES) and macroscopic model based on average speedGreater Buffalo-Niagara RegionCO, NOx, and one at a time
Andersen et al. (2013) [5]
(ML1)
CAN bus dataCAN bus dataThe whole road network of Denmark consisting of around 630,000 segments, , , & one at a time
Zeng et al. (2016) [39]
(ML1)
Probe vehiclesProbe vehiclesA real-world network with 4072 nodes and 12,877 links in Toyota city, Japan, , , & one at a time
Long et al. (2016) [40]
(MS2)
Mesoscopic model link transmission model (LTM)Macroscopic based on a regression modelLargest case study contains 24 links and CO solely and together
Huang and Peng (2018)
[41] (ML1)
Real data pointsAutonomieAnn Arbor traffic network that consists of 21,56 one-way links, , and one at a time