Autonomous Vehicle Routing in Congested Networks

Oregon State University Senior Capstone - 2019

With the increasing popularity and interest in autonomous vehicle development, the question of the impact of their implementation onto modern transportation networks arises. Safety and efficiency remain two important topics that surround the discussion of autonomous vehicles, and more research is needed before the autonomous vehicles are introduced onto the roadways completely.

This project aids in the process of autonomous vehicle research, providing an interface in which the user may view a given transportation network and the car models active within it. On the network will be active autonomous models, with a connective capability to one another, as well as models representing human driven vehicles. Through this simulation of both models, the user will be able to monitor how the autonomous vehicles are interacting with one another as well as with the human driven vehicles.

Members

Eytan Brodsky
Liang Du
Samantha Estrada
Shengjun Gu
Charles Koll

Requirements

Provide an accurate simulation of traffic
User interface (GUI) should provide details such as the number, position, and other parameters of each variable in the environment.
GUI should be easily manipulated by the user, granting them the ability to simulate different conditions and pause the simulation at any time.
Simulation should be displayed to the user at a minimum of 10 frames per second.
All vehicles will individually route to their destination, and will have different destinations.

Deliverables

A GUI interface presenting the run simulation, with the ability to be interactive with the user.
Data for the autonomous vehicles' behaviors, represented by graphs and tables.

Dependencies

Ubuntu (version >= 18.04)
Bash

Instructions to run AV Routing Project

make install

The makefile will install all dependencies, start a background server, and open the index.html file in the default browser.

In the browser: