SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles 2023 Special Issue: Emerging Simulation Tools and Technologies for Testing and Evaluating Connected and Automated Vehicles: Part 2 JRN-CA-SI-09

Volume 6, Issue 1, 2023

All of the papers in this special issue aim to discuss emerging simulation methodologies and tools that can be applied by industry, government, and academia, to study ADS performance and impact on overall traffic systems.

Special Issue Co-Editors
Ziran Wang, Purdue University, USA
Guoyuan Wu, University of California, Riverside, USA
Jiaqi Ma, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Yiheng Feng, Purdue University, USA
Hao Liu, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Chris Schwarz, University of Iowa, USA

The SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles furthers state-of-the-art engineering research by publishing peer-reviewed scientific articles that showcase strong theoretical and empirical contributions and findings to the body of engineering knowledge surrounding various facets of the lifecycle treatment of connected and automated vehicles with an emphasis on the system perspective.

Part 2 of this special issue focuses on applications including eco-driving, vehicle analytics, vehicle control, and safety validation along with a contribution on high-definition road networks. The articles selected in both Part 1 and Part 2 of this special issue will expose the reader to several proposed frameworks that address the ultimate problem with different, yet innovative, approaches.

Article Titles:

- Energy Consumption Simulation for Connected and Automated Vehicles: Eco-driving Benefits versus Automation Loads
- LAVA: A Methodology for Leveraging Aggregated Vehicle Analytics
- A Comprehensive Rule-Based Control Strategy for Automated Lane Centering System
- An Improved, Autonomous, Multimodal Estimation Algorithm to Estimate Intent of Other Agents on the Road to Identify Most Important Object for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Applications Using Model-Based Design Methodology
- Validation on Safety of the Intended Functionality of Automated Vehicles: Concept Development
- Procedural Generation of High-Definition Road Networks for Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Traffic Simulations