Development of an autonomous vehicle highway merging strategy Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • In this paper, we propose a highway merging method to enhance vehicle autonomy in the highway travelling. The proposed decision making algorithm includes a Modified Intelligent Driver Model (MIDM) based vehicle distance adjustment and path prediction for collision avoidance. In order to maximise the safety and driving efficiency, a time optimal target is selected when the front and rear gap conditions that secure the merging safety are not satisfied. The suggested algorithm is implemented by a lane change manoeuvre and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) that are based on a control strategy inspired by the brain limbic system. In order to demonstrate the performance of the suggested merging strategy, the concept of Level of Service (LOS) is utilised in the simulations. Copyright 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

published proceedings

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEHICLE DESIGN

author list (cited authors)

  • Kim, C., & Langari, R.

citation count

  • 4

complete list of authors

  • Kim, Changwon||Langari, Reza

publication date

  • October 2012