An Innovative Control Approach for Cyber-Physical Transportation Systems: The Case of Monte-Carlo Workflow Computations

Contemporarily, in light of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) sector, the tendency can be observed that the solution of the multi-objective cyber-physical optimization problems with imperfect information takes an increasingly weighted role. In the present scientific work, the authors want to take these developments into account by introducing an innovative cyber-physical architectural design and corresponding the two-stage heuristic computing approach. It is utilized in synergy with the MCSA 1 1 Multi-tier Cyber-physical System Architecture and DCEx architectural principles for the workflow scheduling of Monte-Carlo simulation, which is based on the intelligent and sustainable route-order dispatching process model. Factors such as emissions, transport costs, risks, and the individual weighting of orders are reflected in the model. In particular, the authors define a stochastic ILP-based 2 2 Integer Linear Programming monte-carlo workflow model. They further propose two-stage scheduling heuristic with 6-HEFT DAG relaxation as first stage and apply state-of-the-art techniques as a part of SCIP framework to solve 2nd 1–0 ILP-based stage; evaluate the performance of the scheduling approach. The authors obtain preliminary results of the second stage behavior using a realistic heterogeneous computing scenario and corresponding constraint structures within MACS simulator engine 3 3 Modular Architecture for Complex Computing Systems Analysis. The results from the experiments illustrate moderate complexity of the approach. Scalability of the model looks promising for the applicability in various industry-related scenarios and corresponding computing environments.