Vehicle path and traffic flow optimization via lane changing of automated or semi-automated vehicles on motorways Vehicle path and traffic flow optimization via lane changing of automated or semi-automated vehicles on motorways Διπλωματική Εργασία Diploma Work 2016-08-022016enH παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία είναι γραμμένη εξ'ολοκλήρου στα Αγγλικά.Emerging vehicle automation and communication systems (VACS) may contribute to the improvement of vehicles’ travel time and the mitigation of motorway traffic congestion on the basis of appropriate control strategies. This work considers the possibility that automated, or semi-automated, vehicles are equipped with devices that perform (or recommend) lane-changing tasks. The lane-changing strategy MOBIL (minimizing overall braking induced by lane changing) has been chosen for its simplicity and ductility, as well as for the reduced number of parameters that need to be specified (namely, politeness factor and threshold). A wide set of simulations, where MOBIL has been implemented within the microscopic traffic simulator AIMSUN for a calibrated motorway network (representing a stretch of motorway A12 in the Netherlands), has been performed. Simulations revealed the impact that the choice of different parameters has on the travel time of different vehicles, allowing also to analyse their behaviour with respect to different traffic conditions (without or with traffic congestion).Αναφέρεται στον χώρο των αυτοματισμών σε αυτοκινητόδρομους , όπου μέσω κάποιων ελεγκτών, βελτιστοποιούμε τις συνθήκες κυκλοφοριακής συμφόρησης.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης::Σχολή Μηχανικών Παραγωγής και ΔιοίκησηςGeorgantas_Antonios_Dip_2016Chania [Greece]Library of TUC2016-08-02application/pdf2 MBfree Georgantas Antonios Γεωργαντας Αντωνιος Papageorgiou Markos Παπαγεωργιου Μαρκος Papamichail Ioannis Παπαμιχαηλ Ιωαννης Delis Anargyros Δελης Αναργυρος Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης Technical University of Crete Transportation engineering Vehicle automation and communication systems