Platooning with IVC-enabled autonomous vehicles: Strategies to mitigate communication delays, improve safety and traffic flow

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-106

  Fernandes, Pedro ^a   Nunes, Urbano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; intervehicle communication (IVC); network simulation; platooning; traffic information management; traffic simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; INTERVEHICLE COMMUNICATION (IVC); NETWORK SIMULATION; PLATOONING; TRAFFIC SIMULATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84857793526     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2179936     Document Type: Article

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