Data-iteration cooperative adaptive cruise control of mixed heterogeneous vehicle platoons with unknown dynamic characteristics

This paper considers the cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) problem of mixed heterogeneous vehicle platoons composed of human-driven and CACC vehicles with unknown dynamic characteristics and an alternative to CACC for platooning of the heterogeneous vehicle platoon is presented. Adaptive dynamic programming is firstly used to learn the dynamic characteristics of acceleration of vehicles from the sampled data. Then the data-iteration optimal CACC controller is computed to ensure that each CACC vehicle can reach a desired inter-vehicle distance and desired common velocity with no prior knowledge of the dynamics of vehicles in the mixed platoon. Moreover, the string stability of the mixed vehicle platoon is derived by establishing some sufficient conditions on the acceleration transfer function of adjacent vehicles. Two simulation experiments of a six-vehicle mixed platoon are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed CACC method.     

Resilient and Safe Platooning Control of Connected Automated Vehicles Against Intermittent Denial-of-Service Attacks

Connected automated vehicles (CAVs) serve as a promising enabler for future intelligent transportation systems because of their capabilities in improving traffic efficiency and driving safety, and reducing fuel consumption and vehicle emissions. A fundamental issue in CAVs is platooning control that empowers a convoy of CAVs to be cooperatively maneuvered with desired longitudinal spacings and identical velocities on roads. This paper addresses the issue of resilient and safe platooning control of CAVs subject to intermittent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that disrupt vehicle-to-vehicle communications. First, a heterogeneous and uncertain vehicle longitudinal dynamic model is presented to accommodate a variety of uncertainties, including diverse vehicle masses and engine inertial delays, unknown and nonlinear resistance forces, and a dynamic platoon leader. Then, a resilient and safe distributed longitudinal platooning control law is constructed with an aim to preserve simultaneous individual vehicle stability, attack resilience, platoon safety and scalability. Furthermore, a numerically efficient offline design algorithm for determining the desired platoon control law is developed, under which the platoon resilience against DoS attacks can be maximized but the anticipated stability, safety and scalability requirements remain preserved. Finally, extensive numerical experiments are provided to substantiate the efficacy of the proposed platooning method.      

A centralized control system for ecological vehicle platooning using linear quadratic regulator theory

This paper presents an ecological vehicle platooning control system that aims in reducing overall fuel consumption of the vehicles in a platoon. A centralized linear quadratic regulator system for controlling the vehicles in the platoon has been developed considering the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle and the resistance due to the road slope. The proposed control system is simulated on a highway with up?Cdown slopes for high speed driving. Its fuel saving performance is compared with a conventional decentralized vehicle platooning control system. Computer simulation results reveal the significant improvement in fuel economy by the proposed control system.     

A control strategy for platoons of differential drive wheeled mobile robot

The strategy for the control of vehicle platooning is proposed and tested on different mobile robot platforms. The decentralized platooning is considered, i.e. a virtual train of vehicles where each vehicle is autonomous and decides on its motion based on its own perceptions. The following vehicle only has information about its distance and azimuth to the leading vehicle. Its position is determined using odometry. The reference position and the orientation of the following vehicle are determined by the estimated path of the leading vehicle in a parametric polynomial form. The parameters of the polynomials are determined using the least-squares method. This parametric reference path is also used to determine the feed-forward part and to suppress tracking errors by a feed-back part of the applied globally stable nonlinear control law. The results of the experiment and simulations demonstrate the applicability of the proposed algorithm for vehicle platoons.     

Guaranteeing safety for heavy duty vehicle platooning: Safe set computations and experimental evaluations

In this paper, we consider the problem of finding a safety criteria between neighboring heavy duty vehicles traveling in a platoon. We present a possible framework for analyzing safety aspects of heavy duty vehicle platooning. A nonlinear underlying dynamical model is utilized, where the states of two neighboring vehicles are conveyed through radar information and wireless communication. Numerical safe sets are derived through the framework, under a worst-case scenario, and the minimum safe spacing is studied for heterogenous platoons. Real life experimental results are presented in an attempt to validate the theoretical results in practice. The findings show that a minimum relative distance of 1.2 m at maximum legal velocity on Swedish highways can be maintained for two identical vehicles without endangering a collision. The main conclusion is that the relative distance utilized in commercial applications today can be reduced significantly with a suitable automatic control system.     

Dynamic Event-Triggered Scheduling and Platooning Control Co-Design for Automated Vehicles Over Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

This paper deals with the co-design problem of event-triggered communication scheduling and platooning control over vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) subject to finite communication resource. First, a unified model is presented to describe the coordinated platoon behavior of leader-follower vehicles in the simultaneous presence of unknown external disturbances and an unknown leader control input. Under such a platoon model, the central aim is to achieve robust platoon formation tracking with desired inter-vehicle spacing and same velocities and accelerations guided by the leader, while attaining improved communication efficiency. Toward this aim, a novel bandwidth-aware dynamic event-triggered scheduling mechanism is developed. One salient feature of the scheduling mechanism is that the threshold parameter in the triggering law is dynamically adjusted over time based on both vehicular state variations and bandwidth status. Then, a sufficient condition for platoon control system stability and performance analysis as well as a co-design criterion of the admissible event-triggered platooning control law and the desired scheduling mechanism are derived. Finally, simulation results are provided to substantiate the effectiveness and merits of the proposed co-design approach for guaranteeing a trade-off between robust platooning control performance and communication efficiency.      

Event-driven intermittent control for vehicle platooning over vehicular ad-hoc networks

This article is concerned with the problem of vehicle platooning control over vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs). Compared with the existing platooning control strategies, an event-driven intermittent control method is developed to reduce control costs and extend the operating life of controllers while ensuring the desired platooning performance. By establishing suitable boundary functions and Lyapunov function, the control input is determined according to the relationship among the trajectories of these functions. Thereafter, sufficient conditions for platooning control performance analysis are derived by a set of linear matrix inequalities. Wherein, the vehicle platooning based on intermittent control is obtained to maintain the desired inter-vehicle distance and a uniform speed in the platoon. Furthermore, a simple optimization algorithm is constructed to calculate the smallest upper bound on tracking errors. Finally, several simulations based on different topologies are provided to verify the validity of the proposed method.     

基于信息一致性的自主车辆变车距队列控制}%页眉设置

针对目前自主车辆队列控制中采用的间距策略存在间距调节灵活性不足、道路利用率欠佳等问题,提出一种基于信息一致性的自主车辆变车距队列控制方法.首先,结合车速与车辆制动时间的动态关系,设计一种变时间间隔策略.在此基础上,基于信息一致性理论,提出一种车间距可随车速自适应变化的自主车辆队列控制算法.仿真结果表明,所提算法不仅可以实现自主车辆的变车距队列控制,且车间距离的调节具有较好的灵活性,尤其在低速行驶时,可有效减少道路占用量,提高道路利用率.     

Fuel efficiency‐oriented platooning control of connected nonlinear vehicles: A distributed economic MPC approach

This paper considers the fuel efficiency‐oriented platooning control problem of connected vehicles. We present a novel distributed economic model predictive control (EMPC) approach to solve the problem of the vehicle platoon subject to nonlinear dynamics and safety constraints. In order to improve fuel economy of the whole vehicle platoon, the fuel consumption criterion is used to design the distributed EMPC strategy for the platoon. Meanwhile, the car‐tracking performance is exploited to guarantee stability and string stability of the platoon. Then the fuel efficiency control problem of the platoon is formulated as a distributed dual‐layer economic optimal control problem, which is solved in a fashion of receding horizon. It is proved that the proposed strategy guarantees asymptotic stability and predecessor‐follower string stability as well as fuel economy of the whole platoon by minimizing the fuel consumption cost. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed strategy is highlighted by comparing its performance with that of the traditional distributed MPC strategy in numerical simulations.     

智能交通系统车道保持纵横向耦合控制

考虑车辆纵横向运动之间的相互影响,采用位置预瞄和固定车辆间距跟随策略,对基于一列车队的自动化公路系统车道保持纵横向耦合控制进行了研究.利用车载前后双位置传感器检测车辆位置偏差,基于车辆纵横向动力学耦合模型,推导了基于预瞄的车道保持控制系统数学模型;采用非奇异的终端滑模控制技术,设计了车道保持纵横向耦合控制规律.通过构造李雅普诺夫函数,结合相平面方法,分析了控制系统的有限时间收敛性.采用6车辆编队,通过计算机仿真,对文中设计的控制规律进行了验证.仿真结果显示,车队中每个被控车辆在纵向上跟随期望状态的同时能够实现对期望车道轨迹的理想跟踪,跟踪误差精度不超过0.05 m.     

混合交通环境车辆队列协同控制

车辆队列在提高驾驶安全性、提升交通流量、改善燃油经济性方面具有巨大潜力,但现有研究多针对完全由智能网联车辆组成的队列,难以适用于现实中的混合交通环境.为此,文章研究了人工驾驶车辆与智能网联车辆的混合队列协同控制方法,在智能网联车辆控制设计中引入后车信息,并分析了其对队列稳定性、跟踪性能、燃油经济性的影响.首先构建了一种...     

含时延的车辆队列事件触发一致性控制研究

为应对通信过程中的传输时延以及车辆间连续信息交互带来的信息冗余、资源浪费,提出一种基于事件触发机制的车辆队列一致性策略,以保证车辆队列能够稳定运行;为此,构建一个考虑车辆间的跟驰行为和通信时延的三阶异质车辆队列动力学模型,提出一种基于事件触发的一致性车辆队列控制器的设计方法;在此基础上,利用Lyapunov稳定性理论和代数图论,对车辆队列的稳定性进行分析,得出了使车辆队列稳定的事件触发条件和通信时延的上界;在MATLAB平台上进行仿真实验,验证了所提车辆队列控制方法的有效性。     

单路径导引的车式移动机器人协同编队控制

针对含有模型不确定性和未知外部扰动的车式移动机器人集群,本文设计了一种分布式协同编队控制器,通过单条参数化路径导引,实现了车式移动机器人协同编队运动.本文首先在运动学层级设计了基于领航–跟随策略的队形制导律和路径更新律,其次在动力学层级设计了前向速度和姿态角控制律,通过线性扩张状态观测器估计并补偿系统模型中的非线性部分...     

基于事件触发机制的自主车辆队列协同控制

为应对通信过程存在的扰动以及减少自主车辆队列控制中的信息冗余、资源浪费,提出了一种基于事件触发机制的自主车辆队列协同控制算法,保证自主车辆队列的稳定运行。首先,针对有向通信拓扑结构下的自主车辆队列设计基于事件触发机制的协同控制算法,即使存在扰动约束,自主车辆也可以在该算法的控制下有效跟随领航车辆的速度,且与相邻车辆保持期望的安全距离。其次,通过设计Lyapunov函数以及分析Zeno行为,证明算法的有效性和安全性。最后,通过MATLAB仿真验证了控制算法的正确性。     

Centralized and decentralized distributed control of longitudinal vehicular platoons with non‐uniform communication topology

In this paper, the distributed control of a longitudinal platoon of vehicles with non‐uniform communication topology is studied. In the case of non‐uniform communication topology, some eigenvalues of the network's matrix may be complex which complicates the stability analysis of the platoon. Most previous studies on vehicular platooning focus mainly on uniform topologies such as uni‐directional, bi‐directional, and multi predecessors following. Since all eigenvalues of these topologies are real, the stability analysis can be performed in a straightforward manner. A third‐order linear differential model is employed to describe the upper‐level dynamics of each vehicle. The 3 N‐order closed‐loop dynamics of the platoon are decoupled to individual third‐order dynamics by presenting a new approach. Two new centralized and decentralized control protocols are introduced to perform the stability analysis of the closed‐loop dynamics. A constant time headway strategy is employed to adjust the inter‐vehicle spacing. Simulation results with different scenarios are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

VIPS: A simulator for platoon system evaluation

Development of intelligent behaviors for vehicles has to cope with rigorous specifications. Many tests are performed for verification, validation and a detailed study of resulting behaviors. In this workflow, testing algorithms with real vehicles is a cornerstone step in developing new intelligent features for future transportation systems. This step requires a lot of experiments before efficiently set up embedded autonomous systems. However, the development of such tests is not linear and it highly depends on external variable factors (weather, hardware or software issues, etc.). To overcome these issues, it is possible to carry out a first series of validation under a simulation framework. In this paper, we describe a simulation platform called VIPS (Vehicles In Platoon Simulator), which provides a virtual environment designed to test and validate platoon control approaches, as close as possible to reality, before bringing them in the real vehicle system. Among the features provided by the simulator, one main contribution is the direct matching between perception and control of both real and virtual vehicles. Moreover, VIPS is also able to deal with perturbations, which are dynamically added to running scenarios so as to reproduce real world conditions. Simulation results in the context of platoon control systems show the benefits of the proposed simulation framework.     

Reduction and non-linear controllability of symmetric distributed systems

This paper considers the ‘reduction’ problem for distributed control systems. In particular, we consider controllability of systems containing multiple instances of diffeomorphic components where the overall system dynamics is invariant with respect to a discrete group action. A subclass of such systems are systems with a set of identical components where the overall system dynamics are invariant with respect to physically interchanging these components. The main result is a proposition which shows that for an equivalence class of symmetric systems of this type, controllability of the entire class of systems can be determined by analysing the member of the equivalence class with the smallest state space. The reduction methods developed are illustrated by considering the controllability of a team of mobile robots and a platoon of underwater vehicles.     

空气流动阻力下非线性车辆队列最优能耗控制方法

为了优化车辆队列在长距离行驶过程中的能源消耗,对空气流动阻力下车辆队列能耗优化间距策略以及相应的队列控制方法进行了研究;首先根据车辆队列在行驶过程中受到的空气流动阻力,建立基于异构风阻系数的车辆动力学模型;其次,设计基于滑模控制的非线性车辆队列控制方法,使其能够在不同风阻系数下稳定地收敛到期望的车辆队列;在此基础上,构建稳态下车辆队列能量消耗评价模型,并通过优化分析,计算能量消耗最优下的车辆队列期望车间距;最后通过数值仿真的手段验证所提控制方法的有效性与可行性;该结果表明:所设计的控制器能够使整个车辆队列达到期望的控制效果;得到的最优车间距能够使得特定条件下车辆队列稳态能量消耗降低。     

面向车载自组网的高效位置隐私保护查询方案

随着车载自组网应用对安全性要求的提高,用户和服务提供商对各自私有信息保密性的要求也越来越高。针对现有查询方案无法同时保护车辆身份、位置及服务提供商数据隐私的问题,利用私有信息检索技术,提出一种高效的位置服务查询方案。采用匿名认证的方法进行车辆间的相互认证与车辆及路边基站的认证。在此基础上,使用安全硬件对数据库的数据进行混淆处理,通过代理重加密完成车辆对数据库服务数据的检索,从而实现车辆和数据库双方的隐私保护。分析结果表明,该方案可实现车辆身份匿名查询,能够保护车辆位置隐私和服务提供商的数据库信息,且只需两轮通信,具有较高的通信效率。     

通信延时环境下异质网联车辆队列非线性纵向控制

针对通信延时环境下的异质车辆队列控制问题, 本文提出了一种基于三阶模型的分布式非线性车辆队列纵向控制器. 首先, 基于三阶动力学模型描述了车辆的异质特性. 考虑车辆跟驰行为以及异质通信延时, 提出一种通信延时环境下的异质车辆队列非线性控制器. 所提控制器不仅可以在通信延时以及车辆异质特性的影响下实现队列中车辆的位置、速度以及加速度的一致性, 而且可以有效避免负的车辆间距和不合理的加/减速度, 保证车辆的运动行为符合交通流理论. 然后, 利用Lyapunov-Krasovskii定理对车辆队列的稳定性进行分析, 得出车辆队列的稳定性条件和通信延时上界. 最后, 所提控制器的有效性和稳定性通过数值仿真得到验证.