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Optimization GUI and String Stability Analysis for Platoon Controllers
MA: Master's Thesis (or Diploma Thesis / Diplomarbeit)
A platoon is a group of vehicles driving close to each other in order to reduce air drag, save fuel (or electric energy) and increase road capacity. In order to avoid accidents due to the reduced gap between the vehicles, the distance is controlled automatically, supported by wireless messages between the vehicles. There exist many different control algorithms and network topologies, but up to now, no comprehensive comparisons have been done. Fair comparisons require that all controllers are simulated with identical use cases and that their parameters are optimized for that use case before the comparsion. This has not yet been done in existing literature. However, in a previous thesis, an optimization framework called “Simopticon” has been developed that can be used to find the best parameter values for a controller based on simulation results. The simulations are done with the platoon simulation software Plexe (see https://plexe.car2x.org/).
Goals of the thesis
In this theses, the optimization framework shall be enriched by several algorithms for automatically checking string stability of platoons. Besides, the command line tool “Simopticon” should get a graphical user interface.
Keywords
Simulation, Plexe, Platooning, Control Performance, Optimization, Python, C++