Model Predictive Control for Ecological Driving Using Mixed Integer Programming Based on Traffic Signal Information

Abstract

This paper considers model predictive control for ecological driving based on the traffic signal information. In the control problem it is assumed that the traffic signal information can be obtained for the prediction horizon. The control problem is formulated as a mixed integer programming problem. The computer simulation is carried out to show the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm. In the simulation the energy consumption is reduced more than 15% in comparison with the driver mimic control which does not use traffic signal information.