Evaluation Framework and Method of the Intelligent Behaviors of Unmanned Ground Vehicles Based on AHP Scheme

Abstract:

In order to provide basis and standards to the research on unmanned driving behaviors, a more thorough evaluation system of Intelligent Behavior for Unmanned Ground Vehicles needs to come forward. The intelligent behavior of unmanned ground vehicles in pedestrian crossing scenario is taken as an example in this paper. By using building and analyzing evaluation index system, this paper proposes an evaluation method that can comprehensively expressed the technological performance of unmanned ground vehicles based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Compared with traditional methods, this evaluation method takes index weight into sufficient conderations and is more objective. The method properly works out with index weight of specific scenarios that reflects the actual situations. The establishment of comprehensive scoring method objectively and conveniently turns the performances of unmanned ground vehicle into scores, so that the results can be compared and ranked directly. Last but not least, a certain participating vehicle is used for case study. The result proves aforementioned method to be practical, reliable, convenient and logical. It not only evaluates the assessment comprehensively, but also evaluates the index separately to guide researchers to find out the defects of unmanned driving vehicle evaluation indexes and point out ways to improve them.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 721)
• Pages: 476-480
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.721.476
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Xin Zhang, Yan An Zhao, Li Gao, Dong Hao Hao
• Keywords: AHP, Evaluation, Pedestrian Crossing, Unmanned Ground Vehicle

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