Wang, Xue-Fang;
Chen, Wen-Hua;
Jiang, Jingjing;
Yan, Yunda;
(2024)
High-level decision making for autonomous overtaking: An MPC-based switching control approach.
IET Intelligent Transport Systems
, 18
(7)
pp. 1259-1271.
10.1049/itr2.12507.
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Abstract
The key motivation of this paper lies in the development of a high-level decision-making framework for autonomous overtaking maneuvers on two-lane country roads with dynamic oncoming traffic. To generate an optimal and safe decision sequence for such scenario, an innovative high-level decision-making framework that combines model predictive control (MPC) and switching control methodologies is introduced. Specifically, the autonomous vehicle is abstracted and modelled as a switched system. This abstraction allows vehicle to operate in different modes corresponding to different high-level decisions. It establishes a crucial connection between high-level decision-making and low-level behaviour of the autonomous vehicle. Furthermore, barrier functions and predictive models that account for the relationship between the autonomous vehicle and oncoming traffic are incorporated. This technique enables us to guarantee the satisfaction of constraints, while also assessing performance within a prediction horizon. By repeatedly solving the online constrained optimization problems, we not only generate an optimal decision sequence for overtaking safely and efficiently but also enhance the adaptability and robustness. This adaptability allows the system to respond effectively to potential changes and unexpected events. Finally, the performance of the proposed MPC framework is demonstrated via simulations of four driving scenarios, which shows that it can handle multiple behaviours.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | High-level decision making for autonomous overtaking: An MPC-based switching control approach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1049/itr2.12507 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1049/itr2.12507 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 The Authors. IET Intelligent Transport Systems published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | MPC-based decision-making, optimal control, switched system, autonomous overtaking. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189684 |
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