Safe platooning in automated highway systems part I: Safety regions design

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-55

  Alvarez, Luis ^a   Horowitz, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FINITE AUTOMATA; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MANEUVERABILITY; SEQUENTIAL MACHINES; STEERING;

SAFE PLATOONING;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032660616     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vesd.32.1.23.4228     Document Type: Article

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