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Design and Simulation Evaluation of EcoSmart Driving Control for City Traffic

Authors:
Takeki Ogitsu
Hiroshi Mizoguchi

Keywords: EcoSmart driving; vehicle control; intelligent transportation system; energy saving; platooning; intelligent driver model.

Abstract:
Many traffic signals, intersections, and road signs on city roads result in waves of traffic flow. Fewer waves of traffic flow result in less congestion and reduced fuel consumption of vehicles. In order to ensure that trade and commerce in future are rapid, clean, and comfortable, it is essential to make city traffic smooth by EcoSmart driving. However, it is difficult to accomplish EcoSmart driving “for the benefit of all traffic,” even if drivers can use the me-first EcoSmart driving system. A control system that automatically performs EcoSmart driving for the benefit of all traffic was designed in this study. The proposed system overcomes the aforementioned obstacles by combining algorithms that consider traffic signals, preceding vehicles, and traffic flow, respectively. Herein, the details of the proposed control system are explained and simulation evaluations are reported.

Pages: 24 to 30

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: June 21, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-414-5

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: from June 21, 2015 to June 26, 2015