Vehicle towards vehicle: Current status and beyond on research about adaptive and cooperative vehicles and their smart behaviors

This paper aims to examine the literature about the topic of adaptive and cooperative vehicles, as well as their related intelligent behaviours, investigating a specific case study. Shortly we can state that general purposes of collaborative vehicles are human safety, reduction of traffic congestions and of pollution, improvement of driving performance. Thanks to the literature review, this paper shows the main applications of the research in collaborative vehicles and intelligent driving agents, highlighting pros & cons of using driving agents to improve road safety or to study traffic flows with simulators.