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

W Xiao, 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 …

Feasibility guaranteed traffic merging control using control barrier functions

K Xu, W Xiao, CG Cassandras - 2022 American Control …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the merging control problem for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
aiming to jointly minimize travel time and energy consumption while providing speed …

Optimal control and coordination of connected and automated vehicles at urban traffic intersections

YJ Zhang, AA Malikopoulos… - 2016 American Control …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We address the problem of coordinating online a continuous flow of connected and
automated vehicles (CAVs) crossing two adjacent intersections in an urban area. We …

Decentralized optimal coordination of connected and automated vehicles for multiple traffic scenarios

AMI Mahbub, AA Malikopoulos, L Zhao - Automatica, 2020 - Elsevier
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) provide the most intriguing opportunity to
optimize energy consumption and travel time. Several approaches have been proposed in …

A decentralized energy-optimal control framework for connected automated vehicles at signal-free intersections

AA Malikopoulos, CG Cassandras, YJ Zhang - Automatica, 2018 - Elsevier
We address the problem of optimally controlling connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)
crossing an urban intersection without any explicit traffic signaling, so as to minimize energy …

Decentralized optimal control of connected automated vehicles at signal-free intersections including comfort-constrained turns and safety guarantees

Y Zhang, CG Cassandras - Automatica, 2019 - Elsevier
We extend earlier work for optimally controlling Connected Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
crossing a signal-free intersection by including all possible turns taken so as to optimize a …

Optimal control of connected automated vehicles at urban traffic intersections: A feasibility enforcement analysis

Y Zhang, CG Cassandras… - 2017 American Control …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Earlier work has established a decentralized optimal control framework for coordinating on
line a continuous flow of Connected Automated Vehicles (CAVs) entering a “control zone” …

Cooperative time and energy-optimal lane change maneuvers for connected automated vehicles

R Chen, CG Cassandras… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We derive optimal control policies for a Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) cooperating
with neighboring CAVs in order to implement a lane change maneuver consisting of a …

A closed-form analytical solution for optimal coordination of connected and automated vehicles

AA Malikopoulos, L Zhao - 2019 American control conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In earlier work, a decentralized optimal control framework was established for coordinating
online connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in merging roadways, urban intersections …

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

W Xiao, 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 …