Optimization of vehicle performance to support vehicle control

Abstract

A system for interacting with a vehicle user includes an optimization module configured to determine a control strategy for traversing a selected route based on a probabilistic prediction of actuator inputs, a monitoring module configured to monitor vehicle motion and driver inputs during operation of a vehicle over the selected route, and a prediction module configured to predict an optimal local path for traversing a section of the selected route, and predict a set of optimal actuator control actions. The system also includes an interface module configured to present a suggested set of actuator commands to the vehicle user based on the set of optimal actuator control actions, and a control system configured to control the vehicle to execute the suggested set of actuator commands based on the user accepting the suggested set of actuator commands.