Platooning has been exploited as a method for vehicles to minimize energy consumption. In this article, we present constraint-driven optimal control framework that yields emergent platooning behavior connected and automated operating in an open transportation system. Our approach combines recent insights with the physical aerodynamic interactions between highway setting. The result is set of eq...

The traditional manual approach of pavement condition evaluation is being replaced by more sophisticated automated vehicle systems. Although these systems have eased and hastened management processes, research ongoing to further improve their performances. An average state road agency handles thousands kilometers the network, most which multiple lanes. Yet, for practical reasons, are designed e...

The purpose of this project is to extend and integrate existing results on fault diagnostics and fault management for passenger vehicles used in automated highway systems (AHS). These results have been combined to form a fault diagnostic and management system for the longitudinal control system of the automated vehicles which has a heirarchical framework that complements the established PATH co...

In earlier work, we developed a mathematical hybrid I/O automaton (HIOA) modeling framework, capable of describing both discrete and continuous behavior. This framework has been used to analyze examples of automated transportation systems, intelligent vehicle highway systems, air traffic control systems, and consumer electronics applications. Here, we reconsider the basic definitions of the HIO...

Given an arbitrary number of automated vehicles, the researchers designed an algorithm to maximize the number of possible lane changes on an arbitrary segment of a highway at any given time. The proposed algorithm utilizes information such as vehicles’ positions, speeds, and time slacks to make judicious lane change decisions without requiring prior knowledge of traffic patterns or unnecessary ...

We propose a hierarchical control architecture for dealing with faults and adverse environmental conditions on an Automated Highway System (AHS). Our design builds on a previously designed control architecture that works under normal conditions of operation. The faults that are considered in our design are classi ed according to capabilities remaining on the vehicle or roadside after the fault ...

We propose a hierarchical control architecture for dealing with faults and adverse environmental conditions on an Automated Highway System (AHS). Our design builds on a previously designed control architecture that works under normal conditions of operation. The faults that are considered in our design are classiied according to capabilities remaining on the vehicle or roadside after the fault ...

A variable look-ahead controller for the lateral guidance of vehicles for Automated Highway Systems is proposed. The control objective is to make the lateral error at a certain point ahead of the vehicle zero. The distance of this point from the vehicle is called the look-ahead distance. An input-output linearization controller to achieve this objective is proposed. It is shown that the yaw int...