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Cooperative controllers for highways based on human experience
The AUTOPIA program has been working on the development of intelligent autonomous vehicles for the last 10 years. Its latest advances have focused on the development of cooperative manœuvres based on communications involving several vehicles. However, so far, these manœuvres have been tested only on private tracks that emulate urban environments. The first experiments with autonomous vehicles on real highways, in the framework of the grand cooperative driving challenge (GCDC) where several vehicles had to cooperate in order to perform cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC), are described. In this context, the main challenge was to translate, through fuzzy controllers, human driver experience to these scenarios. This communication describes the experiences deriving from this competition, specifically that concerning the controller and the system implemented in a Citröen C3
Insights from computational modelling and simulation towards promoting public health among African countries
One of the problems associated with some African countries is the increasing trend of
road mortality as a result of road fatalities. This has been a major concern. The negative
impacts of these on public health cannot be underestimated. An issue of concern is the
high record of casualties being recorded on an annual basis as a result of over-speeding,
overtaking at dangerous bends, alcohol influence and non-chalant attitude of drivers to
driving. The aim of this research is to explore and adapt the knowledge of finite state
algorithm, modeling and simulation to design and implement a novel prototype of an
advanced traffic light system towards promoting public health among African countries.
Here, we specify and built a model of an advanced wireless traffic control system, which
will help complement existing traffic control systems among African countries. This
prototype is named Advanced Wireless Traffic Control System (WPDTCS). We developed
this model using an event-driven programming approach. The technical details of the
model were based on knowledge adapted from the Finite State Automation Transition
algorithm. It is expected that the AWTCS will promote the evolution of teaching in
modeling, simulation, public safety by offering trainees an advanced pedagogical
product. It will also permit to strengthen the collaboration of knowledge from the fields
of Computer Science, Public health, and Electrical Engineering.
Keywords: public health, public safety, modelling , simulation, pr
Intelligent Vehicular Traffic Control System Using Priority Longest Queue First Model
Traffic congestion of vehicles at road intersections is a growing problem in many developing countries of the world, especially in large urban areas. This stems from a continuous increase in the human population, poor road networks and the proliferation of vehicles for transportation of humans and goods from one location to another towards the performance of civil, social and economic activities. These vehicles often meet at road intersections and desire the Right-of-Way (RoW) towards their destination. This situation always results in race competition, traffic jam and gridlock condition with its attendant effects on time, fuel wastages as well as accident and fire outbreak which often results to loss of lives and property. The conventional traffic light control system which employs a static time cycle for issuance of RoW to each lane at the intersection lacks human-like intelligence and traffic situational awareness
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