Cooperative trajectory control for synchronizing the movement of two connected and autonomous vehicles separated in a mixed traffic flow

• Published in: Transportation research. Part B: methodological Vol. 174; p. 102769
• Main Authors: Qiu, Jiahua, Du, Lili
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Connected and autonomous vehicles; Mixed-integer nonlinear programming; Model predictive control; Vehicle synchronization; Connected and autonomous vehicles; Model predictive control; Mixed-integer nonlinear programming; Vehicle synchronization

•New synchronization control enabling CAVs catching up and forming a short platoon efficiently.•MINLP-MPC integrating micro- and macro-traffic flow dynamics in a HDVs-and-CAVs mixed flow.•Proved the recursive feasibility of the MINLP-MPC leveraging unique problem features.•Designed adaptive weightin...