Design of intelligent control system for car following according to instant driver behavior

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Due to the increasing demand for traveling in public transportation systems and increasing traffic of vehicles, nowadays vehicles are getting to be intelligent to increase safety, reduce the probability of accident and also financial costs. Therefore, today, most vehicles are equipped with multiple safety control and vehicle navigation systems. But one of the main drawbacks of these control systems is that they are operating as on-off. Therefore the vehicle navigated either by driver or the control system. In this paper a car following integrated control (IC) system is presented that will provide vehicle safety along with freedom of action for the driver and will avoid unsafe condition and instability of the vehicle. This system was developed using a fuzzy model predictive control and used to simulate and predict the future behavior of a Driver-Vehicle-Unit (DVU). For experimental evaluation, the IC system was used along with a human driver in a driving simulator. The results showed that the IC system has better performance in keeping the safe distance in comparison with real human driver and also it can provide driver’s relative freedom in driving the vehicle.

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Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME
Volume 15, Issue 1 - Serial Number 30
System Dyanamics and Solid Mechanics
June 2013
Pages 100-119

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  • Receive Date: 22 May 2013
  • Accept Date: 22 May 2013

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