Bridging Regimes: A State-Dependent Blending Methodology for Parsimonious and Robust Heavy Vehicle Dynamics Modeling


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Unsal O., YAVUZ H.

Actuators, cilt.15, sa.1, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/act15010002
  • Dergi Adı: Actuators
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: gray-box modeling, model generalization, principle of parsimony, state-dependent blending, system identification, vehicle dynamics
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Data-driven gray-box models for vehicle control often fail to generalize across distinct physical regimes. This study tackles the critical, yet often-overlooked, challenge of robustly blending model parameters between these regimes. The vehicle’s “expert poles” are defined using physically distinct maneuvers (steady state vs. transient). A three-way benchmark is used to prove that the blending method is more critical than the concept itself. Three architectures are compared: (1) a baseline single-parameter “Static Model”, (2) a common literature “Heuristic Model” that blends using lateral acceleration ((Formula presented.)), and (3) the proposed “Dynamic Model” using a systematically optimized “Angle-Only” architecture. The findings demonstrate significant differences: The common-sense “Heuristic Model” exhibits severe degradation in stability metrics, lowering overall (Formula presented.) accuracy by 23.7% and (Formula presented.) (yaw rate) accuracy by 110.2% compared to the baseline. In contrast, the “Angle-Only” model is the only architecture that successfully improves the primary (Formula presented.) objective (by 17.7%). The Dynamic Model’s 35.0% (Formula presented.) -metric degradation is demonstrated to be the minimal, quantified engineering trade-off required for achieving robust adaptation—a task completely failed by the Heuristic Model. This study provides a validated, data-driven path for developing control-oriented models, proving that a simple, systematically optimized input is methodologically superior to the state-dependent heuristic.