Cooperation-aware reinforcement learning for merging in dense traffic

M Bouton, A Nakhaei, K Fujimura… - 2019 IEEE Intelligent …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decision making in dense traffic can be challenging for autonomous vehicles. An
autonomous system only relying on predefined road priorities and considering other drivers …

Reinforcement learning with iterative reasoning for merging in dense traffic

M Bouton, A Nakhaei, D Isele… - 2020 IEEE 23rd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maneuvering in dense traffic is a challenging task for autonomous vehicles because it
requires reasoning about the stochastic behaviors of many other participants. In addition, the …

Interactive decision making for autonomous vehicles in dense traffic

D Isele - 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dense urban traffic environments can produce situations where accurate prediction and
dynamic models are insufficient for successful autonomous vehicle motion planning. We …

Merging in congested freeway traffic using multipolicy decision making and passive actor-critic learning

T Nishi, P Doshi, D Prokhorov - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Merging in congested freeway traffic is a significant challenge toward realizing fully
automated (level 4) driving. Merging vehicles need to decide not only how to merge safely …

Interaction-aware decision making with adaptive strategies under merging scenarios

Y Hu, A Nakhaei, M Tomizuka… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to drive safely and efficiently under merging scenarios, autonomous vehicles should
be aware of their surroundings and make decisions by interacting with other road …

Deep multi-agent reinforcement learning for highway on-ramp merging in mixed traffic

D Chen, MR Hajidavalloo, Z Li, K Chen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
On-ramp merging is a challenging task for autonomous vehicles (AVs), especially in mixed
traffic where AVs coexist with human-driven vehicles (HDVs). In this paper, we formulate the …

Novel decision-making strategy for connected and autonomous vehicles in highway on-ramp merging

Z el abidine Kherroubi, S Aknine… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-speed highway on-ramp merging is a significant challenge toward realizing fully
automated driving (level 4). Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), that combine …

Learning highway ramp merging via reinforcement learning with temporally-extended actions

S Triest, A Villaflor, JM Dolan - 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several key scenarios, such as intersection navigation, lane changing, and ramp merging,
are active areas of research in autonomous driving. In order to properly navigate these …

Interaction-aware trajectory prediction and planning for autonomous vehicles in forced merge scenarios

K Liu, N Li, HE Tseng, I Kolmanovsky… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Merging is, in general, a challenging task for both human drivers and autonomous vehicles,
especially in dense traffic, because the merging vehicle typically needs to interact with other …

Multi-agent reinforcement learning for cooperative lane changing of connected and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic

W Zhou, D Chen, J Yan, Z Li, H Yin, W Ge - Autonomous Intelligent …, 2022 - Springer
Autonomous driving has attracted significant research interests in the past two decades as it
offers many potential benefits, including releasing drivers from exhausting driving and …