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Efficient Driving with Automated and Connected Vehicles Algorithms, Microsimulations, and Cyber-Physical Experiments by Vahidi, Ardalan

“…The shift that we are witnessing toward automated, connected, electric, and shared vehicular transportation is likely to be the most disruptive since the early…”
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Fast Model Predictive Control-Based Fuel Efficient Control Strategy for a Group of Connected Vehicles in Urban Road Conditions by HomChaudhuri, Baisravan, Vahidi, Ardalan, Pisu, Pierluigi

“…In this paper, we develop a fast model predictive control (MPC)-based fuel economic control strategy for a group of connected vehicles in urban road…”
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Fundamentals of energy efficient driving for combustion engine and electric vehicles: An optimal control perspective by Han, Jihun, Vahidi, Ardalan, Sciarretta, Antonio

“…This paper formulates energy efficient driving of gasoline and electric powered vehicles as optimal control problems of various complexity. We show minimizing…”
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A review of the main parameters influencing long-term performance and durability of PEM fuel cells by Schmittinger, Wolfgang, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…This paper presents an overview of issues affecting the life and the long-term performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells based on a survey of existing…”
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An Optimal Velocity-Planning Scheme for Vehicle Energy Efficiency Through Probabilistic Prediction of Traffic-Signal Timing by Mahler, Grant, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…The main contribution of this paper is the formulation of a predictive optimal velocity-planning algorithm that uses probabilistic traffic-signal phase and…”
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Mixed-Integer Linear Programming for Optimal Scheduling of Autonomous Vehicle Intersection Crossing by Fayazi, Seyed Alireza, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…We propose an urban traffic management scheme for an all connected vehicle environment. If all the vehicles are autonomous, for example, in smart city projects…”
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Predictive Cruise Control: Utilizing Upcoming Traffic Signal Information for Improving Fuel Economy and Reducing Trip Time by Asadi, B, Vahidi, A

“…This brief proposes the use of upcoming traffic signal information within the vehicle's adaptive cruise control system to reduce idle time at stop lights and…”
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Probabilistic Anticipation and Control in Autonomous Car Following by Wan, Nianfeng, Zhang, Chen, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…Human-driven and autonomously driven cars of today act often reactively to the decisions of the cars they follow, which could lead to uncomfortable,…”
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Multilane Automated Driving With Optimal Control and Mixed-Integer Programming by Dollar, Robert Austin, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…Road vehicle lane changes often initiate traffic disturbances and can therefore impact road networks' energy and time efficiency. Furthermore, unexpected…”
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Supercapacitor Electrical and Thermal Modeling, Identification, and Validation for a Wide Range of Temperature and Power Applications by Parvini, Yasha, Siegel, Jason B., Stefanopoulou, Anna G., Vahidi, Ardalan

“…Supercapacitors benefit from unique features including high power density, long cycle life, wide temperature operation range, durability in harsh environments,…”
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Heuristic Versus Optimal Charging of Supercapacitors, Lithium-Ion, and Lead-Acid Batteries: An Efficiency Point of View by Parvini, Yasha, Vahidi, Ardalan, Fayazi, S. Alireza

“…Electrical energy storage systems are extensively utilized in applications, including electrified vehicles, renewable power generation, and electronic devices…”
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Crowdsourcing Phase and Timing of Pre-Timed Traffic Signals in the Presence of Queues: Algorithms and Back-End System Architecture by Fayazi, Seyed Alireza, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…This paper describes a crowdsourcing-based system for phase and timing estimation of pre-timed traffic signals. The input crowd is a real-time feed of sparse…”
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Efficient and Collision-Free Anticipative Cruise Control in Randomly Mixed Strings by Dollar, Robert Austin, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…Connected intelligent vehicle following can improve safety and efficiency compared to today's road transport, but real traffic in the near future will not…”
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Optimal Pacing of a Cyclist in a Time Trial Based on Individualized Models of Fatigue and Recovery by Ashtiani, Faraz, Sreedhara, Vijay Sarthy M., Vahidi, Ardalan, Hutchison, Randolph, Mocko, Gregory

“…This article formulates the optimal pacing of a cyclist on hilly terrain time trials as a minimum-time optimal control problem. The maximal power of a cyclist…”
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Ultracapacitor Assisted Powertrains: Modeling, Control, Sizing, and the Impact on Fuel Economy by Rotenberg, D, Vahidi, A, Kolmanovsky, I

“…This paper considers modeling and energy management control problems for an automotive powertrain augmented with an ultracapacitor and an induction motor. The…”
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Traffic Signal Phase and Timing Estimation From Low-Frequency Transit Bus Data by Fayazi, S. Alireza, Vahidi, Ardalan, Mahler, Grant, Winckler, Andreas

“…The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of estimating traffic signal phase and timing from statistical patterns in low-frequency…”
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Feedbackless Relaying for Enhancing Reliability of Connected Vehicles by Ali, G. G. Md. Nawaz, Ayalew, Beshah, Vahidi, Ardalan, Noor-A-Rahim, Md

“…This paper considers the network- and application-level reliabilities for connected vehicles under path loss environments. We derive a probabilistic framework…”
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Energy-Efficient Driving in Connected Corridors Via Minimum Principle Control: Vehicle-in-The-Loop Experimental Verification in Mixed Fleets by Ard, Tyler, Guo, Longxiang, Han, Jihun, Jia, Yunyi, Vahidi, Ardalan, Karbowski, Dominik

“…Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) can plan and actuate control that explicitly considers performance, system safety, and actuation constraints in a…”
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Energy-efficient Reactive and Predictive Connected Cruise Control by Shen, Minghao, Dollar, Robert Austin, Molnar, Tamas G., He, Chaozhe R., Vahidi, Ardalan, Orosz, Gabor

“…Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have shown great potential in improving the energy efficiency of road transportation. Energy savings, however, greatly…”
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Automated Vehicle Highway Merging: Motion Planning via Adaptive Interactive Mixed-Integer MPC by Bhattacharyya, Viranjan, Vahidi, Ardalan

“…A new motion planning framework for automated highway merging is presented in this paper. To plan the merge and predict the motion of the neighboring vehicle,…”
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