Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles with Event-Triggered Control Barrier Functions

We address the problem of controlling Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) in conflict areas of a traffic network subject to hard safety constraints. It has been shown that such problems can be solved through a combination of tractable optimal control problem formulations and the use of Control B...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-03
Main Authors: Sabouni, Ehsan, Cassandras, Christos G, Xiao, Wei, Meskin, Nader
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Event triggered control
Optimal control
Traffic conflicts
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Summary:We address the problem of controlling Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) in conflict areas of a traffic network subject to hard safety constraints. It has been shown that such problems can be solved through a combination of tractable optimal control problem formulations and the use of Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) that guarantee the satisfaction of all constraints. These solutions can be reduced to a sequence of Quadratic Programs (QPs) which are efficiently solved on line over discrete time steps. However, the feasibility of each such QP cannot be guaranteed over every time step. To overcome this limitation, we develop an event-driven approach such that the next QP is triggered by properly defined events and show that this approach can eliminate infeasible cases due to time-driven inter-sampling effects. Simulation examples show how overall infeasibilities can be significantly reduced with the proposed event-triggering scheme, while also reducing the need for communication among CAVs without compromising performance.
ISSN:2331-8422