Title :
A new technology for a cruise control system
Author :
MacNeill, P. ; Miller, Ronald
Author_Institution :
Ford Res. & Adv. Eng., Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, USA
Abstract :
A methodology for developing a vehicle control software using traffic simulation is presented. A cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system is developed for critical zones using this methodology. Critical zones are short stretches of road, such as intersections, that can be analyzed separately in small-scale simulations, but can have a large effect on the performance of a larger-scale road system such as an interchange. The CACC is shown to outperform human drivers in small and large-scale simulations.
Keywords :
adaptive control; cooperative systems; digital simulation; large-scale systems; road traffic; road vehicles; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; cooperative adaptive cruise control system; critical zone; large-scale road system; traffic simulation; vehicle control software; Adaptive control; Analytical models; Control systems; Humans; Large-scale systems; Performance analysis; Programmable control; Roads; Traffic control; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7954-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2003.1286300
