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Automotive Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1513-1521.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2025.08.008

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Intelligent Vehicle Decision for Roundabouts Based on Subjective Prior Reinforcement Learning

Jian Wu,Yukang Shi,Bing Zhu,Jian Zhao,Zhicheng Chen()   

  1. Jilin University,State Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics,Changchun 130022
  • Received:2024-07-18 Revised:2024-09-18 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-08-18
  • Contact: Zhicheng Chen E-mail:chenzhicheng@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

For the safety problems faced by intelligent vehicles in complex and highly interactive roundabout scenarios, a driving decision strategy based on Subjective Prior Deep Reinforcement Learning (SPDRL) is proposed. Firstly, a roundabout scenario model that includes the vehicle's longitudinal and lateral coupled action space, multi-scale information state space, and multi-objective reward function is constructed. Next, the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm optimized with human preference reinforcement learning theory is used to design a driving decision strategy that considers the prior cognition of agent behavior risks. A self-learning subjective risk classifier, based on a multilayer perceptron, is applied to evaluate the prior cognition of agent behavioral risks and guide the driving decisions towards safer outcome. Finally, tests and verification are carried out using the CARLA simulation environment. The results show that the proposed strategy improves the safety performance of driving decisions by approximately 8.73% in roundabout scenarios compared to the standard SAC algorithm.

Key words: intelligent vehicles, roundabout scenarios, driving decision, subjective prior, reinforcement learning