Summary of Applying Neural Monte Carlo Tree Search to Unsignalized Multi-intersection Scheduling For Autonomous Vehicles, by Yucheng Shi et al.
Applying Neural Monte Carlo Tree Search to Unsignalized Multi-intersection Scheduling for Autonomous Vehicles
by Yucheng Shi, Wenlong Wang, Xiaowen Tao, Ivana Dusparic, Vinny Cahill
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper tackles the NP-hard problem of dynamically scheduling access to shared resources for autonomous systems, exemplified by unsignalized intersections where automated vehicles must be scheduled subject to safety and time constraints. The authors apply Neural Monte Carlo Tree Search (NMCTS) to schedule platoons of vehicles crossing unsignalized intersections, introducing a transformation model that maps road-space reservation requests into board-game-like problems. They also incorporate prioritized re-sampling with parallel NMCTS (PNMCTS) for optimized search and a curriculum learning strategy for training the agent. The proposed method demonstrates impressive performance in simulation scenarios, reducing crossing time by 43% in light traffic and outperforming state-of-the-art RL-based traffic-light controllers. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper solves a big problem that happens when many self-driving cars need to cross roads without traffic lights. Right now, computers are not good at scheduling these crossings because it’s like solving a really hard puzzle with too many possible answers. The authors use a special kind of computer program called Neural Monte Carlo Tree Search (NMCTS) to help solve this problem. They also make some new improvements to the program that makes it even better. This improved program, called PNMCTS, is able to schedule crossings in a way that saves time and works well even when many cars are trying to cross at once. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Curriculum learning
