TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Model predictive control-based cooperative lane change strategy for improving traffic flow
JO  - Advances in mechanical engineering
A1  - Wang, Di
A1  - Hu, Manjiang
A1  - Wang, Yunpeng
A1  - Wang, Jianqiang
A1  - Qin, Hongmao
A1  - Bian, Yougang
SP  - e1687814016632992
EP  - e1687814016632992
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - Lane change has attracted more and more attention in recent years for its negative impact on traffic safety and efficiency. However, few researches addressed the multi-vehicle cooperation during lane change process. In this article, feasibility criteria of lane change are designed, which considers the acceptable acceleration/deceleration of neighboring vehicles; meanwhile, a cooperative lane change strategy based on model predictive control is proposed in order to attenuate the adverse impacts of lane change on traffic flow. The proposed strategy implements the centralized decision making and active cooperation among the subject vehicle performing lane change in the subject lane and the preceding vehicle and the following vehicle in the target lane during lane change. Using model predictive control, safety, comfort, and traffic efficiency are integrated as the objectives, and lane change process is optimized. Numerical simulation results of the cooperative lane change strategy suggest that the deceleration of following vehicle can be weakened and further the shock wave propagated in traffic flow can be alleviated to some degree compared with traditional lane change.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1687-8132
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1687814016632992
ID  - ref1
ER  -