OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS OF VEHICLE, METHOD OF MANAGING OPERATION, AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

摘要

An operation management apparatus includes: a plan generator that generates a travel plan for each of a plurality of vehicles which form a vehicle line and which travel autonomously along a prescribed travel path; a communication device that transmits the travel plan to a corresponding vehicle; and a judging unit that judges necessity of addition of a vehicle to the vehicle line and elimination of a vehicle from the vehicle line. When it is judged that the addition or the elimination of the vehicle is necessary, the plan generator generates a travel plan in which a reference vehicle, which is one of the vehicles, is caused to travel at a first scheduled velocity, and generates a travel plan in which each of vehicles other than the reference vehicle is caused to travel at a scheduled velocity which is temporarily increased or temporarily decreased from the first scheduled velocity.