Criticality metrics for automated driving: A review and suitability analysis of the state of the art

L Westhofen, C Neurohr, T Koopmann, M Butz… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The large-scale deployment of automated vehicles on public roads has the potential to
vastly change the transportation modalities of today's society. Although this pursuit has been …

Trajectory data based freeway high-risk events prediction and its influencing factors analyses

R Yu, L Han, H Zhang - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequent crash occurrences have caused massive loss of lives and properties all over
the world. In order to improve traffic safety, it is vital to understand the relationships between …

Spatiotemporal interaction pattern recognition and risk evolution analysis during lane changes

Y Zhang, Y Zou, Y Zhang, L Wu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In complex lane change (LC) scenarios, semantic interpretation and safety analysis of
dynamic interaction pattern are necessary for autonomous vehicles to make appropriate …

Operationalizing resilience practices in transportation infrastructure planning and project development

A Esmalian, F Yuan, AA Rajput, H Farahmand… - … Research Part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to examine practices for incorporating resilience by
transportation agencies. This paper presents findings from state-wide interviews and survey …

A learning-based discretionary lane-change decision-making model with driving style awareness

Y Zhang, Q Xu, J Wang, K Wu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Discretionary lane change (DLC) is a basic but complex maneuver in driving, which aims at
reaching a faster speed or better driving conditions, eg, further line of sight or better ride …

Enhancing autonomous vehicle training with language model integration and critical scenario generation

H Tian, K Reddy, Y Feng, M Quddus, Y Demiris… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces CRITICAL, a novel closed-loop framework for autonomous vehicle
(AV) training and testing. CRITICAL stands out for its ability to generate diverse scenarios …

Crash risk estimation due to lane changing: A data-driven approach using naturalistic data

V Mahajan, C Katrakazas… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Road crashes are one of the critical issues in the transportation sector. Crash studies aim to
establish the relationship of crash occurrences with driver, environment and traffic factors …

Treating noise and anomalies in vehicle trajectories from an experiment with a swarm of drones

V Mahajan, E Barmpounakis, MR Alam… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial systems, known as “drones,” are relatively new in collecting traffic data.
Data from drone videography can have potential applications for traffic research. Drones can …

Vehicle position estimation with aerial imagery from unmanned aerial vehicles

F Kruber, ES Morales, S Chakraborty… - 2020 IEEE Intelligent …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The availability of real-world data is a key element for novel developments in the fields of
automotive and traffic research. Aerial imagery has the major advantage of recording …

Modelling the impact of context in real-world highway pull-out dynamics to inform acceptable path planning of automated vehicles

AM Sourelli, R Welsh, P Thomas - Transportmetrica A: transport …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Growing research attention is focusing on Automated Vehicle (AV) technologies, promising
significant safety benefits. An in-depth understanding of human driving will play an important …