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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2021.25.1.8

Selection and Evaluation of Vertiports of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the Seoul Metropolitan Area using the K-means Algorithm  

Jeong, Jun-Young (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University)
Hwang, Ho-Yon (Department of Aerospace Engineering, and Department of Convergence Engineering for Intelligent Drone, Sejong University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.25, no.1, 2021 , pp. 8-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, locations of vertiports were selected and evaluated to operate urban air mobility (UAM) in the Seoul metropolitan area. Demand data were analyzed using the data from the survey of commuting population and were marked on a map using MATLAB. To cluster the data, the K-means algorithm function built in MATLAB was used to identify the center of the cluster to as the location of vertiports, and using the silhouette technique, the accuracy and reliability of the clustering were evaluated. The locations of the selected vertiports were also identified using satellite maps to ensure that the locations of the selected vertiports were suitable for the actual vertiport location, and, if the location was not appropriate, final vertiports were selected through the repositioning process.
Keywords
eVTOL; K-means clustering; ODM; UAM; Vertiport;
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