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  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Edge Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) face onboard computational limitations.
  • Vehicular edge computing networks (VECNs) enable task offloading to mobile edge computing (MEC) to reduce computational load.
  • Dynamic transportation environments necessitate efficient task offloading and resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient task offloading and resource allocation strategy for vehicle-road collaborative edge computing networks.
  • To minimize the combined time and energy costs associated with vehicular computations.
  • To address the complexity of mixed discrete and continuous decision variables in dynamic VECNs.

Main Methods:

  • Formulated the task offloading scheduling and resource allocation problem.
  • Proposed a two-layer hybrid hierarchical deep reinforcement learning (HHDRL) algorithm.
  • Upper layer: Enhanced Double Deep Q-Network (DDQN) with self-attention for discrete actions (communication decisions).
  • Lower layer: Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) for continuous actions (power control, resource allocation).

Main Results:

  • HHDRL demonstrated significant reduction in total computational cost compared to benchmark algorithms.
  • The algorithm showed robustness and adaptability in dynamic and varying environmental conditions.
  • The hybrid approach effectively decomposed complex action spaces for improved performance.

Conclusions:

  • HHDRL provides an effective solution for task offloading and resource allocation in VECNs.
  • The proposed algorithm enhances computational efficiency and reduces costs for ICVs.
  • The study highlights the potential of AI-driven edge computing in intelligent transportation systems.