Attempt of Prediction of Vehicle Longitudinal Dynamic Performance Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
This paper proposes a method that is based on ANN for monitoring of the vehicle behavior. Considering the control loop of driver-vehicle-environment a driver should perceive the environment and the vehicle behavior by processing received information from the environment and feedback from the vehicle. The precession of the driver’s percipience is the critical element in such case. In this study, an ANN is applied for perception and prediction of the vehicle dynamic performance. Several relevant parameters from the vehicle and the environment, such as accelerator pedal travel and road grade, serve as information for the prediction. After training of the network with the measured data from a test vehicle, the network will be used for prediction of the driving speed. The comparison of the measured driving speed with the predicted speed can indicate the actual performance of the vehicle, see Figure 1.