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Overview Of Research And Application On Autonomous Vehicle Oriented Perception System Simulation, Ruoxuan Wang, Jianping Wu, Hui Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Following the rapid progress of science and technology, vehicles with autonomous driving or auxiliary driving function enter into vehicle market. However, in the past decade, traffic accidents still occurred frequently, and the safety of these functions become the focus. Simulation technology provides a good platform to test the perception system of autonomous vehicle. Focus on the sensor simulation modeling of autonomous vehicle perception system, from the perspective of single sensor simulation, multi-sensor simulation and classic simulation platform including millimeter wave radar, lidar and camera, the existing research are reviewed, and the shortcomings and development trends of simulation modeling of …

Autonomous Vehicle Path Tracking Control System Based On Energy Optimization, Xiaolong Wu, Fugen Xia, Chen Jing, Xu Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Powertrain control is important to the dynamic performance and economy of driverless cars and a path following control strategy based on energy optimization is proposed. The control strategy includes two parts. The nonlinear model predictive control is used in the upper controller to calculate the required power parameters and front wheel angle. The lower-level controller is designed based on the optimal value of motor energy consumption which ensure the motor being always running at the optimal state of efficiency. In addition, the continuously variable transmission (CVT) is dynamically adjusted according to the motor state to meet the vehicle power …

A Comprehensive Mapping And Real-World Evaluation Of Multi-Object Tracking On Automated Vehicles, Alexander Bassett

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) is a field critical to Automated Vehicle (AV) perception systems. However, it is large, complex, spans research fields, and lacks resources for integration with real sensors and implementation on AVs. Factors such those make it difficult for new researchers and practitioners to enter the field.

This thesis presents two main contributions: 1) a comprehensive mapping for the field of Multi-Object Trackers (MOTs) with a specific focus towards Automated Vehicles (AVs) and 2) a real-world evaluation of an MOT developed and tuned using COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) software toolsets. The first contribution aims to give a comprehensive overview of …

Longitudinal Adaptive Control Of Autonomous Vehicles Base On Optimization Algorithm, Zhishuai Yin, Jiaxiong He, Linzhen Nie, Jiayi Guan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the nonlinear, time-varying and uncertain characteristics of the longitudinal motion of autonomous vehicles, a Radial Basis Function neural network(RBFNN) Proportional Integral Derivative(PID) controller base on Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) is designed. A RBFNN is integrated into a PID controller so that parameters of the PID controller could be adjusted self-adaptively. To solve the problem that poor selection of initial parameters of RBFNN and PID might lead to overshoot or instability in the control system, PSO is adopted to optimize aforementioned initial parameters off-line. Finally, a closed-loop adaptive control system model is built in MATLAB/Simulink. Simulation results show that …

Exploring Strategies For Adapting Traditional Vehicle Design Frameworks To Autonomous Vehicle Design, Alex Munoz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Fully autonomous vehicles are expected to revolutionize transportation, reduce the cost of ownership, contribute to a cleaner environment, and prevent the majority of traffic accidents and related fatalities. Even though promising approaches for achieving full autonomy exist, developers and manufacturers have to overcome a multitude of challenged before these systems could find widespread adoption. This multiple case study explored the strategies some IT hardware and software developers of self-driving cars use to adapt traditional vehicle design frameworks to address consumer and regulatory requirements in autonomous vehicle designs. The population consisted of autonomous driving technology software and hardware developers who are …

Future Traffic Accident Risk Investigation Based On Human-Machine-Environment Factors, Yuan Quan, Gao Yan, Chenlu Qiu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on the theory of human-machine-environment system engineering, this paper investigated the developing trends of autonomous vehicles and the types of traffic crashes in China, and integrated changing human-vehicle-road factors of traffic system to speculate the possible new types and scenarios of traffic crashes. The recent occurred crash cases involving autonomous vehicles were concerned and investigated. In future, some new affecting factors such as the mix traffic with various autonomous vehicles and piloted vehicles, the switching of driving behavior between human and machine, and the information security of intelligent traffic system, may cause traffic crashes. Among these, the human …

A Framework For Test & Evaluation Of Autonomous Systems Along The Virtuality-Reality Spectrum, Nathan D. Gonda

Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Test & Evaluation of autonomous vehicles presents a challenge as the vehicles may have emergent behavior and it is frequently difficult to ascertain the reason for software decisions. Current Test & Evaluation approaches for autonomous systems place the vehicles in various operating scenarios to observe their behavior. However, this introduces dependencies between design and development lifecycle of the autonomous software and physical vehicle hardware. Simulation-based testing can alleviate the necessity to have physical hardware; however, it can be costly when transitioning the autonomous software to and from a simulation testing environment. The objective of this thesis is to develop a …