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Trends and Prospects in Intelligent Automotive Systems

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 2880

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Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: intelligent transportation system; electric vehicles
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Dear Colleagues,

Transportation systems play important roles in modern society, especially during the process of urbanization. In recent years, new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, have promoted the rapid development of intelligent transportation systems. Methodologies involving design, modeling, control and testing are emerging, and such innovations greatly improve the efficiency and safety of existing transportation systems.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to gather research advances in intelligent transportation systems. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • Machine learning;
  • Advanced control algorithm;
  • Advanced data processing;
  • Simulation;
  • System integration and testing.

Dr. Zhiheng Li
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • intelligent transportation system
  • artificial intelligence
  • advanced controlling
  • system testing
  • simulation experiments

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Energy-Efficient Lane Change Trajectory Planning for Highway Traffic Scenarios Considering Different Driving Needs
by Rui Song, Xinfeng Zhang, Haojie Zhang, Yiheng Dai, Yuxuan Zhu and Shengzhe Tian
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(24), 13184; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132413184 - 12 Dec 2023
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This paper proposes an energy-saving lane-changing trajectory model for intelligent electric vehicles at high speeds that considers different driving needs under multiple constraints to address the issues of simple lane-changing considerations and poor safety. An economic index is added to construct a multi-objective [...] Read more.
This paper proposes an energy-saving lane-changing trajectory model for intelligent electric vehicles at high speeds that considers different driving needs under multiple constraints to address the issues of simple lane-changing considerations and poor safety. An economic index is added to construct a multi-objective optimization function based on the comfort, safety, and efficiency of lane changing. The particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the optimal lane-changing time. The weight of the index is obtained by analyzing different driving needs using the Analytic Hierarchy Process in different scenarios. The multi-objective function is adjusted to plan the optimal lane-changing trajectory that meets driving needs. The simulation shows that the proposed model can generate smooth and feasible lane-changing trajectories that meet different driving needs. The energy consumption analysis results indicate that the construction of economic indicators can effectively reduce the energy consumption of vehicles driving on highways. The tracking analysis results indicate that the target vehicle can smoothly and safely change lanes on the planned trajectory, verifying the effectiveness and rationality of the planned trajectory. Full article
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A Quantitative Approach of Generating Challenging Testing Scenarios Based on Functional Safety Standard
by Kang Meng, Rui Zhou, Zhiheng Li and Kai Zhang
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3494; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063494 - 9 Mar 2023
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With the rapid development of intelligent vehicle safety verification, scenario-based testing methods have received increasing attention. As the space of driving scenarios is vast, the challenge in scenario-based testing is the generation and selection of high-value testing scenarios to reduce the development and [...] Read more.
With the rapid development of intelligent vehicle safety verification, scenario-based testing methods have received increasing attention. As the space of driving scenarios is vast, the challenge in scenario-based testing is the generation and selection of high-value testing scenarios to reduce the development and validation time. This paper proposes a method for generating challenging test scenarios. Our method quantifies the challenges in these scenarios by estimating the risks based on ISO 26262. We formulate the problem as a Markov decision process and quantify the challenges in the current state using the three risk factors provided in ISO 26262: exposure, severity, and controllability. We then employ reinforcement learning algorithms to identify the challenges and use the state–action value matrix to select motions for a background vehicle to generate critical scenarios. The effectiveness of the approach is validated by testing the generated challenge scenarios using a simulation model. The results show that our method can ensure both accuracy and coverage, and the larger the state space is, the more accident-prone the generated scenarios are. Our proposed method is general and easily adaptable to other cases. Full article
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