A systematic mapping for the scenario of non-urban autonomous vehicle cooperation systems

摘要

The cooperation between autonomous vehicles is receiving a growing attention from the academic literature. As a promising field, there is a need for studies that can provide both an overview and a structured analysis of the present literature. This paper presents a systematic mapping for the scenario of systems with cooperation of non-urban vehicles, presenting the steps for the accomplishment of that, the definition of research questions and search terms, selection of papers, categorization and retrieval of relevant information. For the present study, it was observed that approximately 10% of recovered articles deal with systems of vehicle cooperation, of which most publications occurred in the last year (2016), and the main research centers in this area are located in The United States, China and Italy, with isolated research from a few other countries. With this systematic mapping, it was possible to identify open space for a new research in the scenario of Vehicle Cooperation Systems, focused on nonurban vehicles, particularly using a group of UAVs applied to precision agriculture, as well as identifying the most promising technologies for this development. Finally, the main congresses / events to seek out / publish papers about this topic were presented at the end of this work.