Automated highway systems research: The influence of Pravin Varaiya

Abstract

This chapter provides a review of the research on design of control systems for automated highway applications that has been conducted at the California PATH Program of the University of California, Berkeley. The primary focus is on the research areas that Pravin Varaiya led directly, particularly while serving as PATH Director from 1994 to 1997. He and the researchers working directly with him made significant contributions to the definition of control strategies for coordinating maneuvers of neighboring vehicles and for managing the flows of vehicles along network links, while also developing the hybrid system modeling and simulation tools needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies.