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21st Century Trucking: A Trajectory for Ergonomics and Road Freight [PDF]

, 2016
Over the past decade there has been significant pressure to minimise emissions and safety risks related to commercial driving. This pressure to meet the triple bottom line of cost, environment, and society has often resulted in the rapid application of ...
Bedinger, M., Bedinger, M., Greening, P., Greening, P., Piecyk, M., Piecyk, M., Walker, G., Walker, G.   +7 more
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System Integration and Field Testing of Low‐Cost Autonomous Platooning Platforms: Collision Avoidance Scenario

Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 847-878, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the development and validation of a scalable platooning system based on the predecessor‐following (PF) topology, designed for low‐cost follower platforms. It integrates key technologies such as localization, path planning, profile generation, and low‐level control to create a practical solution.
Dongwoo Seo, Jinhee Lee, Jaeyoung Kang
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Neural network surrogate models for aerodynamic analysis in truck platoons: Implications on autonomous freight delivery

International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
Recent advances in connected vehicles have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency and sustainability of transportation. In particular, truck platooning has emerged as a promising solution for improving freight delivery operations.
Tong Liu, Hadi Meidani
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A Review of Accelerated Pavement Testing Applications in Non-Pavement Research

CivilEng, 2021
Accelerated pavement testing (APT) facilities has been demonstrated for years as a multi-purpose solution for pavement and non-pavement research.
Benjamin Fosu-Saah, Marwan Hafez, Khaled Ksaibati   +2 more
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Dawn of autonomous vehicles: review and challenges ahead [PDF]

, 2017
This paper reviews the state of the art on autonomous vehicles as of 2017, including their impact at socio-economic, energy, safety, congestion and land-use levels.
Almeida, Arminda, Jesus, Eduardo Natividade, Rodrigues, João Coutinho, Sousa, Nuno   +3 more
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Optimisation and Simulation of Truck Platoon Formation Method Considering Inter‐Vehicle Collision Effects

IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
This study focuses on truck platoons with heterogeneous masses and aims to minimise overall collision severity by exploring vehicle–position arrangement strategies through a combination of chain collision dynamics modelling and simulation experiments.
Jianqiang Wang, Boyu Tang, Chenglin Liu, Haigen Min, Yali Shi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Coordinated Vehicle Platooning: An Analytical Approach Based on Stochastic Dynamic Programming

, 2020
Platooning connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) can improve traffic and fuel efficiency. However, scalable platooning operations require junction-level coordination, which has not been well studied. In this paper, we study the coordination of vehicle
Jin, Li, Sha, Junyi, Xiong, Xi
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Experimental verification of vehicle platoon control algorithms [PDF]

, 2013
Organizing a group of vehicles into a vehicle platoon in a way that, except for the leading vehicle, each platoon member can be autonomously driven has been a research goal for decades. Among other benefits this results in a decrease of fuel consump- tion
Aradi, Szilárd, Gáspár, Péter, Hankovszki, Zoltán, Kovács, Roland, Rödönyi, Gábor   +4 more
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Artificial Intelligence Applications in Smart Cities: Integrating Communication, Energy Management, Cybersecurity and Internet of Things

The Journal of Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Smart cities represent transformative urban ecosystems, leveraging advanced technologies to address challenges posed by rapid urbanisation, energy efficiency demands, and sustainability goals. Despite extensive research, a comprehensive and integrated literature analysis combining AI‐based communication, energy management, cybersecurity, and ...
Maaz Tahir Malik, Hafiz Abdul Muqeet, Rizwan Akram, Hafiz Muhammad Obaid, Atiq ur Rehman, Amine Bermak   +5 more
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Human-led truck platooning with lane-changing capability for more efficient logistics: a framework and implementation

Communications Engineering
Truck platooning promises to enhance the efficiency of logistics, but commercial operation is hampered by safety and economic concerns. Human-lead truck platooning can mitigate these challenges by leveraging a human driver’s expertise.
Jia Hu, Yongwei Feng, Mingyue Lei, Yiming Zhang, Haoran Wang, Xianhong Zhang, Zhijun Fu, Jie Lai   +7 more
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