Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ge, Jingwei, Wang, Pengbo, Chang, Cheng, Zhang, Yi, Yao, Danya, Li, Li
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00696
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866913338939670528
author Ge, Jingwei
Wang, Pengbo
Chang, Cheng
Zhang, Yi
Yao, Danya
Li, Li
author_facet Ge, Jingwei
Wang, Pengbo
Chang, Cheng
Zhang, Yi
Yao, Danya
Li, Li
contents Sampling critical testing scenarios is an essential step in intelligence testing for Automated Vehicles (AVs). However, due to the lack of prior knowledge on the distribution of critical scenarios in sampling space, we can hardly efficiently find the critical scenarios or accurately evaluate the intelligence of AVs. To solve this problem, we formulate the testing as a continuous optimization process which iteratively generates potential critical scenarios and meanwhile evaluates these scenarios. A bi-level loop is proposed for such life-long learning and testing. In the outer loop, we iteratively learn space knowledge by evaluating AV in the already sampled scenarios and then sample new scenarios based on the retained knowledge. Outer loop stops when all generated samples cover the whole space. While to maximize the coverage of the space in each outer loop, we set an inner loop which receives newly generated samples in outer loop and outputs the updated positions of these samples. We assume that points in a small sphere-like subspace can be covered (or represented) by the point in the center of this sphere. Therefore, we can apply a multi-rounds heuristic strategy to move and pack these spheres in space to find the best covering solution. The simulation results show that faster and more accurate evaluation of AVs can be achieved with more critical scenarios.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2405_00696
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Life-long Learning and Testing for Automated Vehicles via Adaptive Scenario Sampling as A Continuous Optimization Process
Ge, Jingwei
Wang, Pengbo
Chang, Cheng
Zhang, Yi
Yao, Danya
Li, Li
Robotics
Sampling critical testing scenarios is an essential step in intelligence testing for Automated Vehicles (AVs). However, due to the lack of prior knowledge on the distribution of critical scenarios in sampling space, we can hardly efficiently find the critical scenarios or accurately evaluate the intelligence of AVs. To solve this problem, we formulate the testing as a continuous optimization process which iteratively generates potential critical scenarios and meanwhile evaluates these scenarios. A bi-level loop is proposed for such life-long learning and testing. In the outer loop, we iteratively learn space knowledge by evaluating AV in the already sampled scenarios and then sample new scenarios based on the retained knowledge. Outer loop stops when all generated samples cover the whole space. While to maximize the coverage of the space in each outer loop, we set an inner loop which receives newly generated samples in outer loop and outputs the updated positions of these samples. We assume that points in a small sphere-like subspace can be covered (or represented) by the point in the center of this sphere. Therefore, we can apply a multi-rounds heuristic strategy to move and pack these spheres in space to find the best covering solution. The simulation results show that faster and more accurate evaluation of AVs can be achieved with more critical scenarios.
title Life-long Learning and Testing for Automated Vehicles via Adaptive Scenario Sampling as A Continuous Optimization Process
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00696