Learn to Make Decision with Small Data for Autonomous Driving: Deep Gaussian Process and Feedback Control

Autonomous driving is a popular and promising field in artificial intelligence. Rapid decision of the next action according to the latest few actions and status, such as acceleration, brake, and steering angle, is a major concern for autonomous driving. There are some learning methods, such as reinf...

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Main Authors: Wenqi Fang, Shitian Zhang, Hui Huang, Shaobo Dang, Zhejun Huang, Wenfei Li, Zheng Wang, Tianfu Sun, Huiyun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8495264
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Summary:Autonomous driving is a popular and promising field in artificial intelligence. Rapid decision of the next action according to the latest few actions and status, such as acceleration, brake, and steering angle, is a major concern for autonomous driving. There are some learning methods, such as reinforcement learning which automatically learns the decision. However, it usually requires large volume of samples. In this paper, to reduce the sample size, we exploit the deep Gaussian process, where a regression model is trained on small sample datasets and captures the most significant features correctly. Besides, to realize the real-time and close-loop control, we combine the feedback control into the process. Experimental results on the Torcs simulation engine illustrate smooth driving on virtual road which can be achieved. Compared with the amount of training data in deep reinforcement learning, our method uses only 0.34% of its size and obtains similar simulation results. It may be useful for real road tests in the future.
ISSN:0197-6729
2042-3195