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Publication date: 9 October 2024

Sheng Zhou, Fei Liu, Xiaofeng Weng, Jiacheng Mai and Shaoxiang Feng

This research aims to investigate the trajectory tracking problem for a four-wheel independent drive autonomous vehicle (4WID) and propose an integrated, coordinated control…

Abstract

Purpose

This research aims to investigate the trajectory tracking problem for a four-wheel independent drive autonomous vehicle (4WID) and propose an integrated, coordinated control strategy to address the mutual interference between trajectory tracking and stability control in extreme cases.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors establish an adaptive preview model that modifies the preview distance based on vehicle speed. They utilize a three-degrees-of-freedom vehicle model and employ model predictive control to calculate the necessary front wheel angle for trajectory tracking. In terms of longitudinal control, a longitudinal coordinated control mechanism is established to achieve the two conflicting objectives of trajectory tracking accuracy and dynamic stability through early deceleration. A stability controller based on sliding mode control (SMC) is designed, considering tire constraints and tracking the optimal yaw angle and sideslip angle. Furthermore, a lateral coordinated control strategy is developed, considering the weight coefficient of stability control, and the yaw moment is calculated and distributed based on the vehicle torque requirements.

Findings

The proposed integrated, coordinated control strategy successfully addresses the mutual interference between trajectory tracking and stability control in extreme cases for the 4WID vehicle. The strategy achieves trajectory tracking accuracy, dynamic stability and reduced energy consumption while taking into account tire constraints.

Originality/value

We have proposed a cooperative control strategy for the trajectory tracking problem of autonomous driving vehicles. This strategy is different from previous methods in that we have taken into account the integrated dynamic control in both longitudinal and lateral directions, balancing the conflicting control requirements and reducing energy consumption, improving trajectory tracking accuracy and vehicle dynamic stability. We have verified the feasibility of this strategy through joint simulation under different driving conditions.

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Publication date: 31 March 2023

Liangqiang Li, Boyan Yao, Xi Li and Yu Qian

This work aims to explore why people review their experienced online shopping in such a manner (promptness), and what is the potential relationship between the users’ review…

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Abstract

Purpose

This work aims to explore why people review their experienced online shopping in such a manner (promptness), and what is the potential relationship between the users’ review promptness and review motivation as well as reviewed contents.

Design/methodology/approach

To evaluate the customers’ responses regarding their shopping experiences, in this paper, the “purchase-review” promptness is studied to explore the temporal characteristics of users’ reviewing behavior online. Then, an aspect mining method was introduced for assessment of review text. Finally, a theoretical model is proposed to analyze how the customers’ reviews were formed.

Findings

First, the length of time elapsed between purchase and review was found to follow a power-law distribution, which characterizes an important number of human behaviors. Within online review behaviors, this meant that a high frequency population of reviewers tended to publish relatively quick reviews online. This showed that the customers’ reviewing behaviors on e-commerce websites may have been affected by extrinsic motivations, intrinsic motivations or both. Second, the proposed review-to-feature mapping technique is a feasible method for exploring reviewers’ opinions in both massive and sparse reviews. Finally, the customers’ reviewing behaviors were found to be mostly consistent with reviewers’ motivations.

Originality/value

First, the authors propose that the “promptness” of users in posting online reviews is an important external manifestation of their motivation, product experience and service experience. Second, a semi-supervised method of review-to-aspect mapping is used to solve the data quality problem in mining information from massive text data, which vary in length, detail and quality. Finally, a huge amount of e-commerce customers’ purchase-review promptness are studied and the results indicate that not all product features are responsible for the “prompt” posting of users’ reviews, and that the platform’s strategy to encourage users to post reviews will not work in the long term.

Details

Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2754-4214

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