Human-Like Adaptive Cruise Control Systems through a Learning Machine Approach

In this work an Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) model, with human-like driving capabilities,based on a learning machine approach, is proposed. The system is based on a neural network approach and is intended to assist the drivers in safe car-following conditions. The proposed approach allows for an extreme flexibility of the ACC that can be continuously trained by drivers in order to accommodate their actual driving preferences as these changes among drivers and over time. The model has been calibrated against accurate experimental data consisting in trajectories of vehicle platoons gathered on urban roads. Its performances have been compared with those of a conventional car-following model.

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