Biased-Attention Guided Risk Prediction for Safe Decision-Making at Unsignalized Intersections

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12428v1
• Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:05:51 GMT
• Title: Biased-Attention Guided Risk Prediction for Safe Decision-Making at Unsignalized Intersections
• Authors: Chengyang Dong, Nan Guo,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) decision-making framework integrated with a biased attention mechanism.<n>The framework is built upon the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm.<n>The proposed method effectively improves both traffic efficiency and vehicle safety at the intersection.
• Score: 0.42970700836450487
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Autonomous driving decision-making at unsignalized intersections is highly challenging due to complex dynamic interactions and high conflict risks. To achieve proactive safety control, this paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) decision-making framework integrated with a biased attention mechanism. The framework is built upon the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm. Its core innovation lies in the use of biased attention to construct a traffic risk predictor. This predictor assesses the long-term risk of collision for a vehicle entering the intersection and transforms this risk into a dense reward signal to guide the SAC agent in making safe and efficient driving decisions. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method effectively improves both traffic efficiency and vehicle safety at the intersection, thereby proving the effectiveness of the intelligent decision-making framework in complex scenarios. The code of our work is available at https://github.com/hank111525/SAC-RWB.

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