A potential field-based model predictive path-planning controller for autonomous road vehicles

Y Rasekhipour, A Khajepour, SK Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Artificial potential fields and optimal controllers are two common methods for path planning
of autonomous vehicles. An artificial potential field method is capable of assigning different …

Av-fuzzer: Finding safety violations in autonomous driving systems

G Li, Y Li, S Jha, T Tsai, M Sullivan… - 2020 IEEE 31st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes AV-FUZZER, a testing framework, to find the safety violations of an
autonomous vehicle (AV) in the presence of an evolving traffic environment. We perturb the …

Motorway traffic flow modelling, estimation and control with vehicle automation and communication systems

I Papamichail, N Bekiaris-Liberis, AI Delis… - Annual Reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Traffic congestion on motorways is a serious threat for the economic and social life of
modern society as well as for the environment, which calls for drastic and radical solutions …

Ml-based fault injection for autonomous vehicles: A case for bayesian fault injection

S Jha, S Banerjee, T Tsai, SKS Hari… - 2019 49th annual …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The safety and resilience of fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) are of significant concern, as
exemplified by several headline-making accidents. While AV development today involves …

Coordinating tire forces to avoid obstacles using nonlinear model predictive control

M Brown, JC Gerdes - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to safely navigate highly dynamic scenarios, automated vehicles must be able to
react quickly to changes in the environment and be able to understand trade-offs between …

Deep reinforcement‐learning‐based driving policy for autonomous road vehicles

K Makantasis, M Kontorinaki… - IET Intelligent Transport …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the problem of path planning for an autonomous vehicle that moves on a
freeway is considered. The most common approaches that are used to address this problem …

Real time integrated vehicle dynamics control and trajectory planning with MPC for critical maneuvers

B Yi, S Gottschling, J Ferdinand, N Simm… - 2016 IEEE intelligent …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collision avoidance maneuvers using braking and steering provide opportunities to avoid a
collision at higher velocities compared to braking or steering only. This work investigates …

Ml-driven malware that targets av safety

S Jha, S Cui, S Banerjee, J Cyriac… - 2020 50th annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is critical for their mass deployment and
public adoption. However, security attacks that violate safety constraints and cause …

Model predictive trajectory planning for automated driving

B Yi, P Bender, F Bonarens… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to enable automated driving systems on the road, several key challenges need to
be solved. One of these issues is real-time maneuver decision and trajectory planning. This …

Health-aware control design based on remaining useful life estimation for autonomous racing vehicle

FK Pour, D Theilliol, V Puig, G Cembrano - ISA transactions, 2021 - Elsevier
The accurate estimation of the State of Charge (SOC) and an acceptable prediction of the
Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of batteries in autonomous vehicles are essential for safe and …