Title
Continuous Control For Automated Lane Change Behavior Based On Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Algorithm
Abstract
Lane change is a challenging task which requires delicate actions to ensure safety and comfort. Some recent studies have attempted to solve the lane-change control problem with Reinforcement Learning (RL), yet the action is confined to discrete action space. To overcome this limitation, we formulate the lane change behavior with continuous action in a model-free dynamic driving environment based on Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG). The reward function, which is critical for learning the optimal policy, is defined by control values, position deviation status, and maneuvering time to provide the RL agent informative signals. The RL agent is trained from scratch without resorting to any prior knowledge of the environment and vehicle dynamics since they are not easy to obtain. Seven models under different hyperparameter settings are compared. A video showing the learning progress of the driving behavior is available(2). It demonstrates the RL vehicle agent initially runs out of road boundary frequently, but eventually has managed to smoothly and stably change to the target lane with a success rate of 100% under diverse driving situations in simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/IVS.2019.8813903
2019 30TH IEEE INTELLIGENT VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM (IV19)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient, Continuous Control, Lane Change, Autonomous Driving
Conference
abs/1906.02275
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1931-0587
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pin Wang101.01
Hanhan Li201.01
Ching-Yao Chan37923.48