Look-ahead control for heavy trucks to minimize trip time and fuel consumption

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-254

  Hellström, Erik ^a   Ivarsson, Maria ^b   Åslund, Jan ^a   Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCANIA CV AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Fuel optimal control; Predictive control

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; STEEL METALLURGY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIESEL TRUCKS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS; HEAVY TRUCKS; LOOK-AHEAD; PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROLS; ROAD GEOMETRIES; ROAD SLOPES; SET POINTS; TRIP TIMES; VELOCITY TRAJECTORIES;

TRUCKS;

EID: 57649090224     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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