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The cooperation of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) has shown great potential in improving traffic efficiency during intersection management. Existing research mainly focuses on intersections where lane changing is prohibited, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Chaoyi Chen , Mengchi Cai , Jiawei Wang , Kai Li , Qing Xu , Jianqiang Wang , Keqiang Li

In this letter, we consider a transportation network with a 100\% penetration rate of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and present an optimal routing approach that takes into account the efficiency achieved in the network by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-14 Heeseung Bang , Behdad Chalaki , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

One of the bottlenecks of automated driving technologies is safe and socially acceptable interactions with human-driven vehicles, for example during merging. Driver models that provide accurate predictions of joint and individual driver…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Olger Siebinga , Arkady Zgonnikov , David Abbink

This paper proposes a imitation learning model for autonomous driving on highway traffic by mimicking human drivers' driving behaviours. The study utilizes the HighD traffic dataset, which is complex, high-dimensional, and diverse in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Mustafa Yildirim , Saber Fallah

Multi-vehicle coordinated decision making and control can improve traffic efficiency while guaranteeing driving safety. Formation control is a typical multi-vehicle coordination method in the multi-lane scenario. Among the existing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-03 Mengchi Cai , Qing Xu , Chaoyi Chen , Jiawei Wang , Keqiang Li , Jianqiang Wang , Qianying Zhu

This paper describes a framework for learning Automated Vehicles (AVs) driver models via knowledge sharing between vehicles and personalization. The innate variability in the transportation system makes it exceptionally challenging to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Wissam Kontar , Xinzhi Zhong , Soyoung Ahn

Before reaching full autonomy, vehicles will gradually be equipped with more and more advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), effectively rendering them semi-autonomous. However, current ADAS technologies seem unable to handle complex…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-06-27 Florent Altche , Xiangjun Qian , Arnaud de La Fortelle

Autonomous driving promises to transform road transport. Multi-vehicle and multi-lane scenarios, however, present unique challenges due to constrained navigation and unpredictable vehicle interactions. Learning-based methods---such as deep…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Rupert Mitchell , Jenny Fletcher , Jacopo Panerati , Amanda Prorok

With the practical implementation of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), the traffic system is expected to remain a mix of CAVs and human-driven vehicles (HVs) for the foreseeable future. To enhance safety and traffic efficiency, the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-20 Jianguo Chen , Zhengqin Liu , Jinlong Lei , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong , Hong Chen

This paper experimentally demonstrates the effectiveness of an anticipative car-following algorithm in reducing energy use of gasoline engine and electric Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), without sacrificing safety and traffic flow.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-18 Tyler Ard , Longxiang Guo , Robert Austin Dollar , Alireza Fayazi , Nathan Goulet , Yunyi Jia , Beshah Ayalew , Ardalan Vahidi

Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are one of the emerging technologies in the automotive domain that has the potential to alleviate the issues of accidents, traffic congestion, and pollutant emissions, leading to a safe, efficient,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Vishnu Pandi Chellapandi , Liangqi Yuan , Stanislaw H /. Zak , Ziran Wang

In this article, we present a long-duration autonomy approach for the control of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) operating in a transportation network. In particular, we focus on the performance of CAVs at traffic bottlenecks,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Logan E. Beaver

The capabilities of automated vehicles are advancing rapidly, yet achieving full autonomy remains a significant challenge, requiring ongoing human cognition in decision-making processes. Incorporating human cognition into control algorithms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-12 Abu Jafar Md Muzahid , Xiaopeng Zhao , Zhenbo Wang

The effective and safe management of traffic is a key issue due to the rapid advancement of the urban transportation system. Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) possess the capability to connect with each other and adjacent infrastructure,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Rudra Sen , Subashish Datta

In this study, we propose a rotation-based connected automated vehicle (CAV) distributed cooperative control strategy for an on-ramp merging scenario. By assuming the mainline and ramp line are straight, we firstly design a virtual rotation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-20 Tianyi Chen , Meng Wang , Siyuan Gong , Yang Zhou , Bin Ran

Deep reinforcement learning has shown promise in various engineering applications, including vehicular traffic control. The non-stationary nature of traffic, especially in the lane-free environment with more degrees of freedom in vehicle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Mehran Berahman , Majid Rostami-Shahrbabaki , Klaus Bogenberger

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) can plan and actuate control that explicitly considers performance, system safety, and actuation constraints in a manner more efficient than their human-driven counterparts. In particular, eco-driving…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-04 Tyler Ard , Longxiang Guo , Jihun Han , Yunyi Jia , Ardalan Vahidi , Dominik Karbowski

The recent advancements in wireless technology enable connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to gather data via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, such as processed LIDAR and camera data from other vehicles. In this work, we design an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-16 Songyang Han , Shanglin Zhou , Lynn Pepin , Jiangwei Wang , Caiwen Ding , Fei Miao

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have attracted more and more attention recently. The fast actuation time allows them having the potential to promote the efficiency and safety of the whole transportation system. Due to technical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-10-26 Tianyu Shi , Jiawei Wang , Yuankai Wu , Luis Miranda-Moreno , Lijun Sun

Autonomous driving technology pledges safety, convenience, and energy efficiency. Challenges include the unknown intentions of other road users: communication between vehicles and with the road infrastructure is a possible approach to…

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