Some properties of the general n-trailer

International Journal of Control

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-424

  Altafini, Claudio ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLABILITY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

TRAILER SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035836296     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207170010010579     Document Type: Article

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