Sensing, computing, and communication advancements allow vehicles to generate and collect massive amounts of data on their state and surroundings. Such richness of information fosters data-driven decision-making model development that considers vehicle environmental context. We propose a data-centric application of Adaptive Cruise Control employing Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). Our DRL approach considers multiple objectives, including safety, passengers’comfort, and efficient road capacity usage. We compare the proposed framework’s performance to traditional ACC approaches by incorporating such schemes into the CoMoVe framework, which realistically models communication, traffic, and vehicle dynamics. Our solution offers excellent performance concerning stability, comfort, and efficient traffic flow in diverse real-world driving conditions. Notably, our DRL scheme can meet the desired values of road usage efficiency most of the time during the lead vehicle’s speed variation phases, with less than 40% surpassing the desirable headway. In contrast, its alternatives increase headway during such transient phases, exceeding the desired range 85% of the time, thus degrading performance by over 300%, and potentially contributing to traffic instability. Furthermore, our results emphasize the importance of vehicle connectivity in collecting more data to enhance the ACC’s performance.


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    Title :

    A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Efficient, Safe and Comfortable Driving



    Publication date :

    2023-01-01



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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