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**Chapter 10**

**Abstract**

systems.

**1. Introduction**

macroscopic analysis, mixed flow

development of the related software.

Engineering

Advanced Vehicles: Challenges

Automatic vehicles represent one of the most active research fields within engineering. Among transportation systems engineering research topics, we highlight the need to update and/or develop new mathematical models, computer science methods and electronic technologies that contribute to the development of more effective, accurate and robust tools. In order to develop more effective models, it is advisable to consider the opportunity to interact with other specialists from sectors different of the transportation systems engineering to provide solutions to problems that may arise during the modeling and further new points of view. The main goal of this paper is discussing the most likely positive and negative effects of mixed flow expected in the near future, analyzing the main classifying criteria such as ownership, on-board technologies (sensor), and reviewing the most effective tools already available for macroscopic analysis of multi vehicle type transportation

**Keywords:** advanced vehicles, sensors, classification, transportation systems,

Evolution has always been a fundamental component of life and technology developments have always represented a fundamental step in human civilization evolution. In fact, it is possible to say that technology speeds up everyday life thanks to the continuous introduction of innovative techniques, new devices and new perspectives. This results in turn in huge modifications in human activities perception, due to the time involved, their safety and in general their degree of difficulty. Among the various cases of the daily life, one of the most discussed and interesting issue of the last years is related to automated or self-driving vehicles (AVs). The introduction of such vehicles resulted in the fact that nowadays car company cannot think of just projecting the mechanical parts or the basic electronic used in the vehicle, but are also involved in the project of sensors, integration issues and in the

In this way the integration of electronic components has become a necessary part in the vehicle development, in order to obtain an increase in safety and in easiness of the driving experience (e.g. Anti-Breaking Systems, Hydraulic Break Assist, Electronic Stability Control, etc.), as well as a reduction of impacts such as air

for Transportation Systems

*Orlando Giannattasio and Giulio E. Cantarella*
