DocumentCode
3192023
Title
To brake or not to brake? Is there a question?
Author
Lygeros, John
Author_Institution
Intelligent Machines & Robotics Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
4
fYear
1996
fDate
11-13 Dec 1996
Firstpage
3723
Abstract
The vehicle following problem in an automated highway is approached from the point of view of safety. In particular the situation where an intervehicle collision is unavoidable and the relative velocity at impact is what determines the safety of the situation, is considered. It is shown, using tools from optimal control, that braking as hard as possible is not the best possible strategy in all cases. More importantly, the assumption that the worst that the vehicle ahead can do is to brake as hard as possible may also be incorrect
Keywords
automated highways; automobiles; braking; optimal control; safety; velocity control; automated highway; braking; intervehicle collision; optimal control; relative velocity; safety; vehicle following; Automated highways; Intelligent robots; Intelligent vehicles; Machine intelligence; Road accidents; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Robotics and automation; Throughput; Vehicle safety;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Kobe
ISSN
0191-2216
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3590-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.1996.577226
Filename
577226
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