1Special issue on on-board optimization strategy design methods for connected hybrid electric vehiclesTielong Shen, Carlos Guardiola, Fuguo Xu143-1442Real-time energy optimization of HEVs under-connected environment:a benchmark problem and receding horizon-based solutionFuguo Xu, Hiroki Tsunogawa, Junichi Kako, Xiaosong Hu, Shengbo Eben Li, Tielong Shen, Lars Eriksson, Carlos Guardiola145-1603Real-time energy management strategy based on predictive cruise control for hybrid electric vehiclesXiongxiong You, Xiaohong Jiao, Zeyi Wei, Yahui Zhang161-1724On-board torque management approach to the E-COSM benchmark problem with a prediction-based engine assignmentBo Zhang, Jiangyan Zhang, Fuguo Xu173-1845Speed planning and energy management strategy of hybrid electric vehicles in a car-following scenarioShengyan Hou, Hong Chen, Yu Zhang, Jinwu Gao185-1966Torque control strategy with V2X information for HEVs to minimize fuel consumptionYasutaka Okada, Shunki Nishii, Akihiro Takeshita, Kazuki Harada, Yudai Yamasaki197-2097Real-time energy-efficient anticipative driving control of connected and automated hybrid electric vehiclesShiying Dong, Hong Chen, Lulu Guo, Qifang Liu, Bingzhao Gao210-2208Optimization of fuel consumption and NOx emission for mild HEV via hierarchical model predictive controlYuka Umezawa, Ken Yamauchi, Hiroki Seto, Toshiro Imamura, Toru Namerikawa221-2349Fuel consumption reduction effect of pre-acceleration before gliding of a vehicle with free-wheelingWenjing Cao, Taketoshi Kawabe, Tsuyoshi Yuno, Xiaoliang Huang235-24710Stochastic model predictive braking control for heavy-duty commercial vehicles during uncertain brake pressure and road profile conditionsRyota Nakahara, Kazuma Sekiguchi, Kenichiro Nonaka, Masahiro Takasugi, Hiroki Hasebe, Kenichi Matsubara248-26211Characterizing human driver characteristics using an artificial neural network and a theoretical modelSangmyoeng Kim, Takeshi Miyamoto, Tatsuya Kuboyama, Yasuo Moriyoshi263-27812A hybrid genetic algorithm for the electric vehicle routing problem with time windowsQixing Liu, Peng Xu, Yuhu Wu, Tielong Shen279-28613Recent advances on micro-control for near-critical complex systemsDi Zhao, Yi Dong287-290