Title
A Risk-Constrained And Energy Efficient Stochastic Approach For Autonomous Overtaking
Abstract
In this paper a control approach for safe and energy efficient autonomous overtaking is presented. The proposed method combines a stochastic approach based on the use of safety indicators as the Time headway (TH) and Time to collision (TTC) as boundary conditions and a cost index on fuel consumption for the trajectory of an Ego vehicle in a traffic environment. The approach has been evaluated in two typical overtaking scenarios: 1) braking of the leading vehicle and 2) entry of a third vehicle in the gap between the leading and the ego vehicle. The efficiency of TH and TTC-based stochastic approach have been compared for the same maximal risk threshold. Results show that both risk function are suitable to perform overtaking manoeuvres both with and without an additive fuel cost. Moreover the TTC-based stochastic approach shows a reduction of about 5% in fuel consumption with respect to the TH-based approach for both considered scenarios.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.23919/ECC.2018.8550378
2018 EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC)
Field
DocType
Citations 
Headway,Boundary value problem,Random variable,Efficient energy use,Computer science,Control theory,Stochastic process,Overtaking,Fuel efficiency,Trajectory
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zahra Ramezani100.34
Davide Gagliardi200.68
Luigi del Re313131.55