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Zhijiang Shao

5 accepted papers

2026

LPPG-RL: Lexicographically Projected Policy Gradient Reinforcement Learning with Subproblem Exploration

AAAI 2026technical

Lexicographic multi-objective problems, which consist of multiple conflicting subtasks with explicit priorities, are common in real-world applications. Despite the advantages of Reinforcement Learning (RL) in single tasks, extending conventional RL methods to prioritized multiple objectives remains

Cited by 0SourcePDFScholar
2022

Optimization-Based Maneuver Planning for a Tractor-Trailer Vehicle in a Curvy Tunnel: A Weak Reliance on Sampling and Search

RA-L 2022

This study is focused on the maneuver planning problem for a tractor-trailer vehicle in a curvy and tiny tunnel. Due to the curse of dimensionality, the prevalent sampling-and- search-based planners used to handle a rigid-body vehicle well become less efficient when the trailer number grows or when

Cited by 32SourceScholar
2021

Optimal Cooperative Maneuver Planning for Multiple Nonholonomic Robots in a Tiny Environment via Adaptive-Scaling Constrained Optimization

RA-L 2021

This letter is focused on the time-optimal Multi-Vehicle Trajectory Planning (MVTP) problem for multiple car-like robots when they travel in a tiny indoor scenario occupied by static obstacles. Herein, the complexity of the concerned MVTP task includes i) the non-convexity and narrowness of the envi

Cited by 54SourceScholar
2017

Optimal control-based online motion planning for cooperative lane changes of connected and automated vehicles

IROS 2017poster

This work formulates the multi-vehicle lane change motion planning task as a centralized optimal control problem, which is beneficial in being generic and complete. However, a direct solution to this optimal control problem is numerically intractable due to the dimensionality of the collision-avoida…

Cited by 56SourceScholar
2015

Time-optimal trajectory planning for tractor-trailer vehicles via simultaneous dynamic optimization

IROS 2015poster

Trajectory planning is a critical aspect of autonomous tractor-trailer vehicle design. Trajectory planning algorithms usually compute paths first, trajectories are obtained thereafter. This multi-step feature makes those planners inefficacious to handle time-dependent constraints. In this study, we…

Cited by 38SourceScholar