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Main Authors: Benciolini, Tommaso, Yan, Yuntian, Wollherr, Dirk, Leibold, Marion
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00697
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author Benciolini, Tommaso
Yan, Yuntian
Wollherr, Dirk
Leibold, Marion
author_facet Benciolini, Tommaso
Yan, Yuntian
Wollherr, Dirk
Leibold, Marion
contents In automated driving, predicting and accommodating the uncertain future motion of other traffic participants is challenging, especially in unstructured environments in which the high-level intention of traffic participants is difficult to predict. Several possible uncertain future behaviors of traffic participants must be considered, resulting in multi-modal uncertainty. We propose a novel combination of Belief Function Theory and Stochastic Model Predictive Control for trajectory planning of the autonomous vehicle in presence of significant uncertainty about the intention estimation of traffic participants. A misjudgment of the intention of traffic participants may result in dangerous situations. At the same time, excessive conservatism must be avoided. Therefore, the measure of reliability of the estimation provided by Belief Function Theory is used in the design of collision-avoidance safety constraints, in particular to increase safety when the intention of traffic participants is not clear. We discuss two methods to leverage on Belief Function Theory: we introduce a novel belief-to-probability transformation designed not to underestimate unlikely events if the information is uncertain, and a constraint tightening mechanism using the reliability of the estimation. We evaluate our proposal through simulations comparing to state-of-the-art approaches.
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spellingShingle Combining Belief Function Theory and Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Multi-Modal Uncertainty in Autonomous Driving
Benciolini, Tommaso
Yan, Yuntian
Wollherr, Dirk
Leibold, Marion
Systems and Control
In automated driving, predicting and accommodating the uncertain future motion of other traffic participants is challenging, especially in unstructured environments in which the high-level intention of traffic participants is difficult to predict. Several possible uncertain future behaviors of traffic participants must be considered, resulting in multi-modal uncertainty. We propose a novel combination of Belief Function Theory and Stochastic Model Predictive Control for trajectory planning of the autonomous vehicle in presence of significant uncertainty about the intention estimation of traffic participants. A misjudgment of the intention of traffic participants may result in dangerous situations. At the same time, excessive conservatism must be avoided. Therefore, the measure of reliability of the estimation provided by Belief Function Theory is used in the design of collision-avoidance safety constraints, in particular to increase safety when the intention of traffic participants is not clear. We discuss two methods to leverage on Belief Function Theory: we introduce a novel belief-to-probability transformation designed not to underestimate unlikely events if the information is uncertain, and a constraint tightening mechanism using the reliability of the estimation. We evaluate our proposal through simulations comparing to state-of-the-art approaches.
title Combining Belief Function Theory and Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Multi-Modal Uncertainty in Autonomous Driving
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00697