Title :
To brake or not to brake? Is there a question?
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Machines & Robotics Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3590-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1996.577226
