Graph neural network and reinforcement learning for multi‐agent cooperative control of connected autonomous vehicles

S Chen, J Dong, P Ha, Y Li… - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) network can be defined as a set of connected
vehicles including CAVs that operate on a specific spatial scope that may be a road network …

Control barrier functions for systems with high relative degree

W **ao, C Belta - 2019 IEEE 58th conference on decision and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper extends control barrier functions (CBFs) to high order control barrier functions
(HOCBFs) that can be used for high relative degree constraints. The proposed HOCBFs are …

Bridging the gap between optimal trajectory planning and safety-critical control with applications to autonomous vehicles

W **ao, CG Cassandras, CA Belta - Automatica, 2021 - Elsevier
We address the problem of optimizing the performance of a dynamic system while satisfying
hard safety constraints at all times. Implementing an optimal control solution is limited by the …

Decentralized optimal merging control for connected and automated vehicles with safety constraint guarantees

W **ao, CG Cassandras - Automatica, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the optimal control of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
arriving from two roads at a Merging Point (MP) where the objective is to jointly minimize the …

Iterative learning-based cooperative motion planning and decision-making for connected and autonomous vehicles coordination at on-ramps

B Wang, X Gong, P Lyu, S Liang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an iterative learning-based cooperative motion planning and decision-
making approach to achieve time-optimal coordination control of connected and …

Decentralized merging control in traffic networks: A control barrier function approach

W **ao, C Belta, CG Cassandras - Proceedings of the 10th ACM/IEEE …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we aim to optimize the process of Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
merging at a traffic intersection while guaranteeing the state, control and safety constraints …

Decentralized optimal merging control with optimization of energy consumption for connected hybrid electric vehicles

F Xu, T Shen - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new approach for solving the optimal merging control problem for
hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) under a connected environment. To achieve a reduction in …

Modeling and impact analysis of connected vehicle merging accounting for mainline random length tight-platoon

Q **n, R Fu, SV Ukkusuri, S Yu, R Jiang - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics …, 2021 - Elsevier
To reveal impacts of tight-platoon on connected vehicle (CV) merging, a merging advisory
model is proposed to account for mainline random length tight-platoon. The tight-platoon is …

Decentralized optimal merging control for connected and automated vehicles with optimal dynamic resequencing

W **ao, CG Cassandras - 2020 American Control Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A complete solution to a decentralized optimal merging problem for Connected and
Automated Vehicles (CAVs) was provided in earlier work, based on a First In First Out (FIFO) …

Decentralized cooperative merging of platoons of connected and automated vehicles at highway on-ramps

SD Kumaravel, AA Malikopoulos… - 2021 American Control …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an optimization framework for cooperative merging of platoons of
connected and automated vehicles at highway on-ramps. The framework includes (1) an …