Communication control and driving assistance to a platoon of vehicles in heavy traffic and scarce visibility

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 448-459

  Caravani, Paolo ^b   De Santis, Elena ^a,b   Graziosi, Fabio ^a,b   Panizzi, Emanuele ^c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Highway automation; Hybrid control; Platooning; Vehicle information and communication systems

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY AUTOMATION; HYBRID CONTROL; PLATOONING; VEHICLE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MANEUVERABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845537408     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2006.884890     Document Type: Article

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