Robust source-seeking hybrid controllers for autonomous vehicles

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1185-1190

  Mayhew, Christopher G ^a   Sanfelice, Ricardo G ^a   Teel, Andrew R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; (PL) PROPERTIES; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CLOSED LOOPS; CON TROL ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE AND STABILITY; GLOBAL CONVERGENCE; HYBRID CONTROLLERS; HYBRID SYSTEM (HS); PRACTICAL STABILITY; RADIATION INTENSITIES; RADIATION SOURCES; REGION OF CONVERGENCE (ROC); SAMPLE-AND-HOLD (SHA);

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; STABILITY; STEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 46449108526     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2007.4283016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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