An Actor-Critic-Identifier Control Design for Increasing Energy Efficiency of Automated Electric Vehicles
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| author | Faghihian, Hamed Sargolzaei, Arman |
| author_facet | Faghihian, Hamed Sargolzaei, Arman |
| contents | Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly deployed, yet range limitations remain a key barrier. Improving energy efficiency via advanced control is therefore essential, and emerging vehicle automation offers a promising avenue. However, many existing strategies rely on indirect surrogates because linking power consumption to control inputs is difficult. We propose a neural-network (NN) identifier that learns this mapping online and couples it with an actor-critic reinforcement learning (RL) framework to generate optimal control commands. The resulting actor-critic-identifier architecture removes dependence on explicit models relating total power, recovered energy, and inputs, while maintaining accurate speed tracking and maximizing efficiency. Update laws are derived using Lyapunov stability analysis, and performance is validated in simulation. Compared to a traditional controller, the method increases total energy recovery by 12.84%, indicating strong potential for improving EV energy efficiency. |
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| spellingShingle | An Actor-Critic-Identifier Control Design for Increasing Energy Efficiency of Automated Electric Vehicles Faghihian, Hamed Sargolzaei, Arman Systems and Control Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly deployed, yet range limitations remain a key barrier. Improving energy efficiency via advanced control is therefore essential, and emerging vehicle automation offers a promising avenue. However, many existing strategies rely on indirect surrogates because linking power consumption to control inputs is difficult. We propose a neural-network (NN) identifier that learns this mapping online and couples it with an actor-critic reinforcement learning (RL) framework to generate optimal control commands. The resulting actor-critic-identifier architecture removes dependence on explicit models relating total power, recovered energy, and inputs, while maintaining accurate speed tracking and maximizing efficiency. Update laws are derived using Lyapunov stability analysis, and performance is validated in simulation. Compared to a traditional controller, the method increases total energy recovery by 12.84%, indicating strong potential for improving EV energy efficiency. |
| title | An Actor-Critic-Identifier Control Design for Increasing Energy Efficiency of Automated Electric Vehicles |
| topic | Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09140 |