Smart Transportation Systems: Sustainable Mobilities, Autonomous Vehicle Decision-Making Algorithms, and Networked Driverless Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Smart Transportation

A Seven-Layered Model Architecture, Network Model, Protocol Stack, Security, Application, Issues and Challenges in Internet of Vehicle

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Intyaz Alam ◽  
Sushil Kumar ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Kashyap
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Protocol Stack ◽  
Seamless Integration ◽  
Communication Architecture ◽  
Smart Transportation ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
Essential Components

Background: Recently, Internet of Things (IoT) has brought various changes in the existing research field by including new areas such as smart transportation, smart home facilities, smart healthcare, etc. In smart transportation systems, vehicles contain different components to access information related to passengers, drivers, vehicle speed, and many more. This information can be accessed by connecting vehicles with Internet of Things leading to new fields of research known as Internet of Vehicles. The setup of Internet of Vehicle (IoV) consists of many sensors to establish a connection with several other sensors belonging to different environments by exploiting different technologies. The communication of the sensors faces a lot of challenging issues. Some of the critical challenges are to maintain security in information exchanges among the vehicles, inequality in sensors, quality of internet connection, and storage capacity. Objective: To overcome the challenging issues, we have designed a new framework consisting of seven-layered architecture, including the security layered, which provides seamless integration by communicating the devices present in the IoV environment. Further, a network model consisting of four components such as Cloud, Fog, Connection, and Clients has been designed. Finally, the protocol stack which describes the protocol used in each layer of the proposed seven-layered IoV architecture has been shown. Methods: In this proposed architecture, the representation and the functionalities of each layer and types of security have been defined. Case studies of this seven-layer IoV architecture have also been performed to illustrate the operation of each layer in real-time. The details of the network model including all the elements inside each component, have also been shown. Results: We have discussed some of the existing communication architecture and listed a few challenges and issues occurring in present scenarios. Considering these issues, which is presently occurring in the existing communication architecture. We have developed the seven-layered IoV architecture and the network model with four essential components known as the cloud, fog, connection, and clients. Conclusion: This proposed architecture provides a secure IoV environment and provides life safety. Hence, safety and security will help to reduce the cybercrimes occurring in the network and provides good coordination and communication of the vehicles in the network.

scholarly journals Hybrid Verification Technique for Decision-Making of Self-Driving Vehicles

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mohammed Al-Nuaimi ◽  
Sapto Wibowo ◽  
Hongyang Qu ◽  
Jonathan Aitken ◽  
Sandor Veres
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
Autonomous Driving ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Model Checker ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Bdi Agent ◽  
Perception System ◽  
Probability Of Success

The evolution of driving technology has recently progressed from active safety features and ADAS systems to fully sensor-guided autonomous driving. Bringing such a vehicle to market requires not only simulation and testing but formal verification to account for all possible traffic scenarios. A new verification approach, which combines the use of two well-known model checkers: model checker for multi-agent systems (MCMAS) and probabilistic model checker (PRISM), is presented for this purpose. The overall structure of our autonomous vehicle (AV) system consists of: (1) A perception system of sensors that feeds data into (2) a rational agent (RA) based on a belief–desire–intention (BDI) architecture, which uses a model of the environment and is connected to the RA for verification of decision-making, and (3) a feedback control systems for following a self-planned path. MCMAS is used to check the consistency and stability of the BDI agent logic during design-time. PRISM is used to provide the RA with the probability of success while it decides to take action during run-time operation. This allows the RA to select movements of the highest probability of success from several generated alternatives. This framework has been tested on a new AV software platform built using the robot operating system (ROS) and virtual reality (VR) Gazebo Simulator. It also includes a parking lot scenario to test the feasibility of this approach in a realistic environment. A practical implementation of the AV system was also carried out on the experimental testbed.

Vision-based Autonomous Vehicle Recognition

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Azzedine Boukerche ◽  
Xiren Ma
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
Vehicle Recognition ◽  
Model Recognition

Vision-based Automated Vehicle Recognition (VAVR) has attracted considerable attention recently. Particularly given the reliance on emerging deep learning methods, which have powerful feature extraction and pattern learning abilities, vehicle recognition has made significant progress. VAVR is an essential part of Intelligent Transportation Systems. The VAVR system can fast and accurately locate a target vehicle, which significantly helps improve regional security. A comprehensive VAVR system contains three components: Vehicle Detection (VD), Vehicle Make and Model Recognition (VMMR), and Vehicle Re-identification (VRe-ID). These components perform coarse-to-fine recognition tasks in three steps. In this article, we conduct a thorough review and comparison of the state-of-the-art deep learning--based models proposed for VAVR. We present a detailed introduction to different vehicle recognition datasets used for a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed models. We also critically discuss the major challenges and future research trends involved in each task. Finally, we summarize the characteristics of the methods for each task. Our comprehensive model analysis will help researchers that are interested in VD, VMMR, and VRe-ID and provide them with possible directions to solve current challenges and further improve the performance and robustness of models.

scholarly journals A Game Theory-Based Approach for Modeling Autonomous Vehicle Behavior in Congested, Urban Lane-Changing Scenarios

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1523
Author(s):  
Nikita Smirnov ◽  
Yuzhou Liu ◽  
Aso Validi ◽  
Walter Morales-Alvarez ◽  
Cristina Olaverri-Monreal
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Autonomous Vehicle ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Road User ◽  
Lane Change ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
User Interactions ◽  
Lane Changing

Autonomous vehicles are expected to display human-like behavior, at least to the extent that their decisions can be intuitively understood by other road users. If this is not the case, the coexistence of manual and autonomous vehicles in a mixed environment might affect road user interactions negatively and might jeopardize road safety. To this end, it is highly important to design algorithms that are capable of analyzing human decision-making processes and of reproducing them. In this context, lane-change maneuvers have been studied extensively. However, not all potential scenarios have been considered, since most works have focused on highway rather than urban scenarios. We contribute to the field of research by investigating a particular urban traffic scenario in which an autonomous vehicle needs to determine the level of cooperation of the vehicles in the adjacent lane in order to proceed with a lane change. To this end, we present a game theory-based decision-making model for lane changing in congested urban intersections. The model takes as input driving-related parameters related to vehicles in the intersection before they come to a complete stop. We validated the model by relying on the Co-AutoSim simulator. We compared the prediction model outcomes with actual participant decisions, i.e., whether they allowed the autonomous vehicle to drive in front of them. The results are promising, with the prediction accuracy being 100% in all of the cases in which the participants allowed the lane change and 83.3% in the other cases. The false predictions were due to delays in resuming driving after the traffic light turned green.

Autonomous Ship Navigation Under Deep Learning and the Challenges in COLREGs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lokukaluge P. Perera
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Type System ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Distributed Intelligence ◽  
System Intelligence

A general framework to support the navigation side of autonomous ships is discussed in this study. That consists of various maritime technologies to achieve the required level of ocean autonomy. Decision-making processes in autonomous vessels will play an important role under such ocean autonomy, therefore the same technologies should consist of adequate system intelligence. Each onboard application in autonomous vessels may require localized decision-making modules, therefore that will introduce a distributed intelligence type strategy. Hence, future ships will be agent-based systems with distributed intelligence throughout vessels. The main core of this agent should consist of deep learning type technology that has presented promising results in other transportation systems, i.e. self-driving cars. Deep learning can capture helmsman behavior, therefore that type system intelligence can be used to navigate autonomous vessels. Furthermore, an additional decision support layer should also be developed to facilitate deep learning type technology including situation awareness and collision avoidance. Ship collision avoidance is regulated by the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) under open sea areas. Hence, a general overview of the COLREGs and its implementation challenges, i.e. regulatory failures and violations, under autonomous ships are also discussed with the possible solutions as the main contribution of this study. Furthermore, additional considerations, i.e. performance standards with the applicable limits of liability, terms, expectations and conditions, towards evaluating ship behavior as an agent-based system on collision avoidance situations are also illustrated in this study.

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