Smoothing Traffic Flow via Control of Autonomous Vehicles

• Published in: IEEE internet of things journal Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 3882 - 3896
• Main Authors: Zheng, Yang, Wang, Jiawei, Li, Keqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.05.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Autonomous vehicle (AV); Autonomous vehicles; Computer simulation; Controllability; mixed traffic flow; Numerical models; Optimal control; Perturbation methods; Road transportation; Roads; Smoothing methods; Stability; stabilizability; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic speed; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles

The emergence of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is expected to revolutionize road transportation in the near future. Although large-scale numerical simulations and small-scale experiments have shown promising results, a comprehensive theoretical understanding to smooth traffic flow via AVs is lacking. In...