Autonomous vehicle fleet management for improved computational resource usage

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining data indicative of one or more capabilities of at least one autonomous vehicle (AV);
• obtaining data indicative of vehicle service dynamics in an operational domain over a period of time;
• determining one or more resource performance parameters for a vehicle fleet associated with potential deployment in the operational domain, the one or more resource performance parameters being based at least in part on the one or more capabilities of the at least one AV and the vehicle service dynamics in the operational domain;
• determining a measure of breakeven utilization for the vehicle fleet, the measure of breakeven utilization being based at least in part on a number of AVs having a total resource outflow per unit that is equal to a total resource outflow per unit for a fleet of non-autonomous vehicles;
• and
• initiating an action associated with the operational domain based at least in part on the one or more resource performance parameters, the action resulting in the at least one AV utilizing one or more sensors of the at least one AV to autonomously navigate the at least one AV along a route to at least one location by controlling one or more vehicle controls.

One or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media that collectively store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining data indicative of one or more capabilities of at least one autonomous vehicle (AV);
• obtaining data indicative of vehicle service dynamics in an operational domain over a period of time;
• determining one or more resource performance parameters for a vehicle fleet associated with potential deployment in the operational domain, the one or more resource performance parameters being based at least in part on the one or more capabilities of the at least one AV and the vehicle service dynamics in the operational domain;
• determining a measure of breakeven utilization for the vehicle fleet, the measure of breakeven utilization being based at least in part on a number of AVs having a total resource outflow per unit that is equal to a total resource outflow per unit for a fleet of non-autonomous vehicles;
• and
• initiating an action associated with the operational domain based at least in part on the one or more resource performance parameters, the action resulting in the at least one AV utilizing one or more sensors of the at least one AV to autonomously navigate the at least one AV along a route to at least one location by controlling one or more vehicle controls.