Title: Trajectory predictions of lane changing vehicles using SVM

Authors: Ranjeet Singh Tomar; Shekhar Verma

Addresses: Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad, Deoghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad, 211012, India. ' Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad, Deoghat, Jhalwa, Allahabad, 211012, India

Abstract: In this paper, we present Support Vector Machine (SVM) based prediction of the trajectory of a lane changing vehicle. SVM is used for both short-range and long-range trajectory prediction of lane changing vehicles. A lane change manoeuvre is potentially dangerous and erroneous estimation may cause a collision. The necessity of forewarning drivers of the feasibility of a safe lane change requires forecast of vehicle trajectories. For this, trajectories of vehicles involved in the lane change are modelled as discrete time series using actual field data. Results indicate that SVM is able to forecast the lane change trajectory with sufficient accuracy.

Keywords: SVM; support vector machines; ITS; intelligent transport systems; lane changing manoeuvres; traffic simulation; driver behaviour; modelling; trajectory prediction; vehicle safety; vehicle trajectories.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVS.2011.045775

International Journal of Vehicle Safety, 2011 Vol.5 No.4, pp.345 - 355

Received: 06 Jun 2011
Accepted: 08 Nov 2011

Published online: 15 Apr 2015 *

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