A Reproducible Evaluation Method for Intelligent-Driving Longitudinal Control Under Complex Weather Through Operational Design Domain Parameter Perturbation
Complex weather degrades both perception reliability and tire–road adhesion, thereby reducing the safety margin and responsiveness of intelligent driving longitudinal control. This study proposes a reproducible evaluation method for adverse weather operational design domains based on parameter perturbation testing and comprehensive assessment. Snow, fog, and rain are graded using standard quantitative thresholds and are coupled with road slipperiness to construct a weather–road state set. A mechanism-oriented indicator system, a combined subjective–objective weighting strategy, and a multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model are then used to generate quantitative capability scores. The method is validated on a co-simulation framework integrating vehicle–sensor simulation, a driving simulator, and a digital-twin testing environment using representative autonomous emergency braking scenarios. Results show that increasing weather severity, decreasing road adhesion, and higher initial speed reduce the post-braking safety margin and prolong collision-response time. The proposed method differentiates performance across weather–road states and provides quantitative support for test-coverage planning and capability boundary calibration in adverse weather operational design domains.
Authors
- Haiming Sun
- Yang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9798-0903)
- Shucai Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0689-2022)
- Chuan Sun
- Yicheng Cao
- Zhixiong Li
Institutions
- Hubei University of Medicine (CN)
- Energy Foundation (CN)
- Suzhou Research Institute (CN)
- Ocean University of China (CN)
- Hubei University of Technology (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Machines
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/machines14040454
- Primary Topic
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Science and Technology Program of Suzhou