String-stable CACC design and experimental validation: A frequency-domain approach

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4268-4279

  Naus, Gerrit J L ^a   Vugts, René P A ^a   Ploeg, Jeroen ^b   Van De Molengraft, Marinus J G ^a   Steinbuch, Maarten ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC); cooperative systems; road vehicles; string stability

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VELOCITIES; CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY; COOPERATIVE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLER DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN APPROACH; HETEROGENEOUS TRAFFIC; LIMITED COMMUNICATION; ROAD VEHICLES; STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; STRING STABILITY; THEORETICAL RESULT; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 78149435041     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2010.2076320     Document Type: Article

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