Longitudinal Control of a Platoon of Vehicles with no Communication of Lead Vehicle Information: A System Level Study

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 546-554

  Sheikholeslam, Shahab ^a   Desoer, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

LONGITUDINAL CONTROL; VEHICLE PLATOONS;

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0027699592     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.260756     Document Type: Article

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