WG: VT/ITS/AV Decision Making

Working Group Materials

Related Product: Example Applications of IEEE Std 2846-2022 to Formal Safety-Related Models

While automated driving system (ADS)-operated vehicles hold the potential for safety improvement compared to human drivers, the recognition that transportation will continue to entail some level of risk has to be considered. Human drivers rely on extensive daily experience in their interactions with other agents on the road, which helps them craft assumptions about reasonably foreseeable behavior of other road users. Similarly, ADS-operated vehicles will also need to make assumptions. Such assumptions play a role within ADS safety-related models, which provide a representation of safety-relevant aspects of driving behavior pertaining to both ADS-operated vehicles and other road users. Furthermore, formal safety-related models provide transparency and certainty in ADS decision-making contexts as they can be formally verified. Therefore, this paper introduces how several safety-related models are making use of reasonably foreseeable assumptions to help with the decision making of an ADS-operated vehicle

Example Applications of IEEE Std 2846-2022 to Formal Safety-Related Models

IEEE Standard for Assumptions in Safety-Related Models for Automated Driving Systems

The P2846 standard has been officially approved for publication by IEEE, and the standard can be purchased at: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9761121

Related Product: Literature Review on Kinematic Properties of Road Users for Use on Safety-Related Models for Automated Driving Systems

This document presents a review of relevant literature (e.g., standards, regulations, and scientific publications) that investigated kinematic behavior of road users. This review is intended to serve as a key contribution to the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) research and industry communities, as well as to current standardization efforts, such as IEEE Std 2846, IEEE Standard for Assumptions in Safety-Related Models for Automated Driving Systems.

Literature Review on Kinematic Properties of Road Users for Use on Safety-Related Models for Automated Driving Systems

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Status Reports

Public Presentations

TRB Annual Meeting 2023 – Overview of 2023 Projects

SAE GIM Workshop 2022 – Overview of P2846 Draft Standard

Automated Vehicle Symposium 2020 – Metrics and Assumptions in Safety Assurance 7-29-20

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January 30, 2020 – Kickoff Meeting:

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