CARL: Congestion-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Imitation-based Perturbations in Mixed Traffic Control

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Main Authors: Poudel, Bibek, Li, Weizi, Li, Shuai
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author Poudel, Bibek
Li, Weizi
Li, Shuai
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Li, Weizi
Li, Shuai
contents Human-driven vehicles (HVs) exhibit complex and diverse behaviors. Accurately modeling such behavior is crucial for validating Robot Vehicles (RVs) in simulation and realizing the potential of mixed traffic control. However, existing approaches like parameterized models and data-driven techniques struggle to capture the full complexity and diversity. To address this, in this work, we introduce CARL, a hybrid approach that combines imitation learning for close proximity car-following and probabilistic sampling for larger headways. We also propose two classes of RL-based RVs: a safety RV focused on maximizing safety and an efficiency RV focused on maximizing efficiency. Our experiments show that the safety RV increases Time-to-Collision above the critical 4-second threshold and reduces Deceleration Rate to Avoid a Crash by up to 80%, while the efficiency RV achieves improvements in throughput of up to 49%. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of CARL in enhancing both safety and efficiency in mixed traffic.
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spellingShingle CARL: Congestion-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Imitation-based Perturbations in Mixed Traffic Control
Poudel, Bibek
Li, Weizi
Li, Shuai
Robotics
Human-driven vehicles (HVs) exhibit complex and diverse behaviors. Accurately modeling such behavior is crucial for validating Robot Vehicles (RVs) in simulation and realizing the potential of mixed traffic control. However, existing approaches like parameterized models and data-driven techniques struggle to capture the full complexity and diversity. To address this, in this work, we introduce CARL, a hybrid approach that combines imitation learning for close proximity car-following and probabilistic sampling for larger headways. We also propose two classes of RL-based RVs: a safety RV focused on maximizing safety and an efficiency RV focused on maximizing efficiency. Our experiments show that the safety RV increases Time-to-Collision above the critical 4-second threshold and reduces Deceleration Rate to Avoid a Crash by up to 80%, while the efficiency RV achieves improvements in throughput of up to 49%. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of CARL in enhancing both safety and efficiency in mixed traffic.
title CARL: Congestion-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Imitation-based Perturbations in Mixed Traffic Control
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00796