Vehicle platoon incentive mechanism and system based on double auction

A vehicle platoon incentive method based on a double auction, comprising:

• transmitting vehicle platoon information to a controller;
• searching for, by the controller, an optimal vehicle platoon to maximize a benefit of the vehicle platoon and redistribute the benefit among members in the vehicle platoon through an incentive mechanism to motivate a driver or a vehicle owner to form and maintain the optimal vehicle platoon;
• and implementing the vehicle platoon in a highway system, and using the controller to maximize the benefit of the vehicle platoon and redistribute the benefit to motivate the driver or the vehicle owner to form and maintain the optimal vehicle platoon, so as to promote formation of a stable and efficient vehicle platoon, wherein the method further comprises:
• obtaining a non-zero positive bid and a non-zero positive asking price by using a bidding matrix and a price asking matrix;
• determining a candidate transaction set based on a potential transaction, wherein a candidate transaction involves a platoon follower (PF) and a platoon leader (PL) that meet some auction criteria/conditions;
• and retaining only a PL with maximum utility, and eliminating a remaining candidate PL to perfect the candidate transaction set to obtain a successful transaction set;
• and
• determining a fee charged to the PF, and a payment/a reward/an incentive provided to a product list,
• wherein the method further comprises a vehicle platoon allocation process of allocating/mapping the PL and the PF, wherein the vehicle platoon allocation process comprises:
• first obtaining the non-zero positive bid and the non-zero positive asking price by using the bidding matrix B and the price asking matrix A;
• then determining the candidate transaction set (T) based on the potential transaction (i,j,k), wherein the candidate transaction involves the PF and the PL that meet the some auction criteria/conditions;
• and retaining only the PL with the maximum utility, and eliminating the remaining candidate PL to further perfect the candidate transaction set to obtain the successful transaction set (WT);
• and finally determining the fee charged to the PF, and the payment/reward/incentive P provided to the PL.