Optimization of consumption in vehicles using a simplified model of transit and Markov chains

• Grant number: 14/13852-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Fontoura Costa
• Grantee: Diogo Henrique de Melo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project deals with control of internal combustion engine vehicles aiming at the fuel consumption optimization, including the interference of some real phenomena, with a strong emphasis on traffic. Stochastic events like this prevents us to directly apply existingresults. We propose to employ a relatively simple system with Markov jumping parameters as a model for the vehicle subject to traffic interference, and to obtain the transition probabilities from a separate model for the traffic. The project will involve the model identification and validation, the solution of the new problem using dynamic programming, and simulation of the obtained control. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MELO, Diogo Henrique de. Optimization of fuel consumption in vehicles using a simplified traffic model and Markov jump system.. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.