Optimality properties and driver input parameterization for trail-braking cornering

European Journal of Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-320

  Velenis, Efstathios ^a   Tsiotras, Panagiotis ^b   Lu, Jianbo ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; Technical driving; Trajectory optimization; Vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; DRIVING TECHNIQUES; MINIMUM TIME; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMALITY; PROPERTY; SIMPLE++; TECHNICAL DRIVING; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE'S DYNAMICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 67650491306     PISSN: 09473580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ejc.14.308-320     Document Type: Article

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