Machine learning and statistical analysis in fuel consumption prediction for heavy vehicles

I investigate how to use machine learning to predict fuel consumption in heavy vehicles. I examine data from several different sources describing road, vehicle, driver and weather characteristics and I find a regression to a fuel consumption measured in liters per distance. The thesis is done for Scania and uses data sources available to Scania. I evaluate which machine learning methods are most successful, how data collection frequency affects the prediction and which features are most influential for fuel consumption. I find that a lower collection frequency of 10 minutes is preferable to a higher collection frequency of 1 minute. I also find that the evaluated models are comparable in their performance and that the most important features for fuel consumption are related to the road slope, vehicle speed and vehicle weight.

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