An optimal driving strategy for a solar powered car on an undulating road

Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems Series B: Application and Algorithm

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-567

  Howlett, P G ^a   Pudney, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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