Optimal ecodriving control: Energy-efficient driving of road vehicles as an optimal control problem

A Sciarretta, G De Nunzio… - IEEE control systems …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transportation is responsible for a substantial fraction of worldwide energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest sector after energy production. However, while …

Autonomous car decision making and trajectory tracking based on genetic algorithms and fractional potential fields

JB Receveur, S Victor, P Melchior - Intelligent Service Robotics, 2020 - Springer
This article deals with the issue of trajectory optimization of autonomous terrestrial vehicles
on a specific range handled by the human driver. The main contributions of this paper are a …

Fundamentals of energy efficient driving for combustion engine and electric vehicles: An optimal control perspective

J Han, A Vahidi, A Sciarretta - Automatica, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper formulates energy efficient driving of gasoline and electric powered vehicles as
optimal control problems of various complexity. We show minimizing aerodynamic drag can …

Optimal energy management for an electric vehicle in eco-driving applications

W Dib, A Chasse, P Moulin, A Sciarretta… - Control Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper considers an energy management problem for an electric vehicle compliant with
online requirements for 'eco-driving'application. Eco-driving techniques are discussed and …

Safe-and eco-driving control for connected and automated electric vehicles using analytical state-constrained optimal solution

J Han, A Sciarretta, LL Ojeda… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speed advisory systems have been proposed for connected vehicles in order to minimize
energy consumption over a planned route. However, for their practical diffusion, these …

Eco‐driving in urban traffic networks using traffic signals information

G De Nunzio, CC De Wit, P Moulin… - … Journal of Robust …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The problem of eco‐driving is analyzed for an urban traffic network in presence of signalized
intersections. It is assumed that the traffic light timings are known and available to the …

A minimum principle-based algorithm for energy-efficient eco-driving of electric vehicles in various traffic and road conditions

D Shen, D Karbowski… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an optimization algorithm for energy-efficient driving of electric vehicles.
The algorithm is based on Pontryagin's Minimum Principle by considering the driving …

Forecasts of electric vehicle energy consumption based on characteristic speed profiles and real-time traffic data

F Morlock, B Rolle, M Bauer… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the increased interest in battery electric vehicles (BEV), limited range abilities
unsettle customers, which is often related to range anxiety. A better understanding of energy …

A global optimal solution to the eco-driving problem

GP Padilla, S Weiland… - IEEE control systems …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eco-driving aims at minimizing the energy consumption of a vehicle by adjusting the
vehicle's velocity. This can be formulated as an optimal control problem and this letter …

Minimization of fuel consumption for vehicle trajectories

P Typaldos, I Papamichail… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eco-driving, a timely and well-known subject, aims at reducing fuel consumption by
appropriately maneuvering a vehicle with a human or automated driver. In this work, the eco …