Traffic rule formalization for autonomous vehicle

• Main Authors: BHUIYAN, Hanif, GOVERNATORI, Guido, RAKOTONIRAINY, Andry, WONG, Meng Weng, MAHAJAN, Avishkar
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Traffic Rules; Norms; Defeasible Deontic Logic; Transportation Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cclaw/6; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=cclaw
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study devised and implemented a Defeasible Deontic Logic (DDL)-based formalization approach for translating traffic rules into a machine-computable (M/C) format and thus solving rule issues: rule vagueness (open texture expressions) and exceptions in rules. The resulting M/C format of traffic rules can be utilized for automatic traffic rule reasoning to assist the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) in making legal decisions. The method incorporates the components and behaviour of regulations based on the rule's obligation, prohibition, and permission activities. The need for the encoding methodology is motivated by the desire for automated reasoning over Autonomous Vehicle information involving traffic rules. A Queensland (QLD) overtaking traffic rule is used as a use case to illustrate this proposed encoding methodology’s mechanism and usefulness.