Automated algorithm for drawing up a milling cartogram

Abstract

Background: The milling cartogram is a technical task for the driver of a road milling cutter.
 Aim: Automation the process of drawing up a milling cartogram.
 Materials and methods: The algorithm for finding the best option is based on the generalized reduced gradient method. MS Excel is used as a software package. The sources of restrictions are the requirements of regulatory documents for the quality of milling operations.
 Results: The compiled model considers the conditions for ensuring surface drainage, as well as the restrictions provided for by the building regulations. The discrepancy between the actual cutting depth and the preferred one is accepted as the objective function. The analysis of the results of the solution is carried out and a comparison of manual and automated calculations is given.
 Conclusion: The use of the algorithm described in the article makes it possible to reduce the labor costs for drawing up a cartogram by half. Similarly, the degree of deviation of the specified cutting depth from the target is reduced, which leads to a decrease in the amount of overspending of materials during further work.