A new foundation toward achieving the next generation of artificial intelligence

This book lays a new foundation toward achieving artificial self-intelligence by future machines such as intelligent vehicles. Its chapters provide broad coverage of the three key modules behind the design and development of intelligent vehicles for the ultimate purpose of actively ensuring safe driving as well as accident prevention. Self-contained and unified in presentation, the book explains in detail the fundamental solutions to autonomous vehicles' perception, decision-making, and action-taking, in a pedagogic order.