EcoFollower: An Environment-Friendly Car Following Model Considering Fuel Consumption

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Zhong, Hui, Chen, Xianda, Tiu, PakHin, Lu, Hongliang, Zhu, Meixin
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866929452242436096
author Zhong, Hui
Chen, Xianda
Tiu, PakHin
Lu, Hongliang
Zhu, Meixin
author_facet Zhong, Hui
Chen, Xianda
Tiu, PakHin
Lu, Hongliang
Zhu, Meixin
contents To alleviate energy shortages and environmental impacts caused by transportation, this study introduces EcoFollower, a novel eco-car-following model developed using reinforcement learning (RL) to optimize fuel consumption in car-following scenarios. Employing the NGSIM datasets, the performance of EcoFollower was assessed in comparison with the well-established Intelligent Driver Model (IDM). The findings demonstrate that EcoFollower excels in simulating realistic driving behaviors, maintaining smooth vehicle operations, and closely matching the ground truth metrics of time-to-collision (TTC), headway, and comfort. Notably, the model achieved a significant reduction in fuel consumption, lowering it by 10.42\% compared to actual driving scenarios. These results underscore the capability of RL-based models like EcoFollower to enhance autonomous vehicle algorithms, promoting safer and more energy-efficient driving strategies.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2408_03950
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle EcoFollower: An Environment-Friendly Car Following Model Considering Fuel Consumption
Zhong, Hui
Chen, Xianda
Tiu, PakHin
Lu, Hongliang
Zhu, Meixin
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
To alleviate energy shortages and environmental impacts caused by transportation, this study introduces EcoFollower, a novel eco-car-following model developed using reinforcement learning (RL) to optimize fuel consumption in car-following scenarios. Employing the NGSIM datasets, the performance of EcoFollower was assessed in comparison with the well-established Intelligent Driver Model (IDM). The findings demonstrate that EcoFollower excels in simulating realistic driving behaviors, maintaining smooth vehicle operations, and closely matching the ground truth metrics of time-to-collision (TTC), headway, and comfort. Notably, the model achieved a significant reduction in fuel consumption, lowering it by 10.42\% compared to actual driving scenarios. These results underscore the capability of RL-based models like EcoFollower to enhance autonomous vehicle algorithms, promoting safer and more energy-efficient driving strategies.
title EcoFollower: An Environment-Friendly Car Following Model Considering Fuel Consumption
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03950