Conflict Management Algorithms Development Using the Automated Framework for Autonomous Vehicles

Abstract

The fields of autonomous ground and aerial vehicles are a young, dynamically expanding field of industry. The current traffic management solutions are inadequate to support the predicted high volume of operations efficiently and safely. As such, novel, automated management solutions are required. This paper presents the research work performed on the automated conflict management prototype system, combining conflict management for autonomous ground and aerial vehicles. This paper briefly presents the background and architecture of the system prototype developed, then highlights the research directions related to the conflict management algorithm development. Algorithms need to provide the desired amount of safety, while at the same time ensuring acceptable levels of performance, cost, and efficiency. Potential conflict management algorithms are investigated, and a computational methodology developed for objective comparison, to enable the future, data-based development of the conflict management framework.