A Framework for Self-Enforced Optimal Interaction Between Connected Vehicles

This paper proposes a decision-making framework for Connected Autonomous Vehicle interactions. It provides and justifies algorithms for strategic selection of control references for cruising, platooning and overtaking. The algorithm is based on the trade-off between energy consumption and time. The consequent cooperation opportunities originating from agent heterogeneity are captured by a game-theoretic cooperative-competitive solution concept to provide a computationally feasible, self-enforced, cooperative traffic management framework.

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