Traffic Control via Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs): An Open-Road Field Experiment with 100 CAVs

JW Lee, H Wang, K Jang, N Lichtlé… - IEEE Control …, 2025‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The CIRCLES project aims to reduce instabilities in traffic flow, which are naturally occurring
phenomena due to human driving behavior. Also called “phantom jams” or “stop-and-go …

Reinforcement learning with communication latency with application to stop-and-go wave dissipation

A Richardson, X Wang, A Dubey… - 2024 IEEE Intelligent …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we test the influence of several levels of communication and processing
corresponding latency for traffic wave dissipation control. The approach uses Connected …

Control of multi-agent systems: Results, open problems, and applications

B Piccoli - Open Mathematics, 2023‏ - degruyter.com
The purpose of this review article is to present some recent results on the modeling and
control of large systems of agents. We focus on particular applications where the agents are …

An empirical study on fuel consumption of commercial automated vehicles

X Shi, H Yao, Z Liang, X Li - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Increasing commercial vehicles are equipped with automated driving features. Adaptive
cruise control, a critical longitudinal control system of commercial automated vehicles (AVs) …

Designing, simulating, and performing the 100-av field test for the circles consortium: Methodology and implementation of the largest mobile traffic control experiment …

M Ameli, S McQuade, JW Lee, M Bunting… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Previous controlled experiments on single-lane ring roads have shown that a single partially
autonomous vehicle (AV) can effectively mitigate traffic waves. This naturally prompts the …

Hierarchical speed planner for automated vehicles: A framework for Lagrangian variable speed limit in mixed-autonomy traffic

H Wang, Z Fu, JW Lee, HNZ Matin… - IEEE Control …, 2025‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel hierarchical speed planning framework for variable speed limits
in mixed-autonomy traffic environments, leveraging server-side macroscopic control and …

Reducing detailed vehicle energy dynamics to physics-like models

N Khoudari, S Almatrudi, R Ramadan, J Carpio… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023‏ - arxiv.org
The energy demand of vehicles, particularly in unsteady drive cycles, is affected by complex
dynamics internal to the engine and other powertrain components. Yet, in many …

Cooperative driving for speed harmonization in mixed-traffic environments

Z Fu, AR Kreidieh, H Wang, JW Lee… - 2023 IEEE Intelligent …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous driving systems present promising methods for congestion mitigation in mixed
autonomy traffic control settings. In particular, when coupled with even modest traffic state …

Traffic smoothing controllers for autonomous vehicles using deep reinforcement learning and real-world trajectory data

N Lichtlé, K Jang, A Shah, E Vinitsky… - 2023 IEEE 26th …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Designing traffic-smoothing cruise controllers that can be deployed onto autonomous
vehicles is a key step towards improving traffic flow, reducing congestion, and enhancing …

Traffic smoothing using explicit local controllers

A Hayat, A Alanqary, R Bhadani, C Denaro… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023‏ - arxiv.org
The dissipation of stop-and-go waves attracted recent attention as a traffic management
problem, which can be efficiently addressed by automated driving. As part of the 100 …