Model predictive control for vehicle stabilization at the limits of handling

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1258-1269

  Beal, Craig Earl ^a,b   Gerdes, J Christian ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver assistance; envelope control; model predictive control (MPC); vehicle dynamics; vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

DRIVER ASSISTANCE; OPERATING REGIONS; STABILITY BOUNDARIES; STEER-BY-WIRE VEHICLES; TIRE-ROAD FRICTION; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE SAFETY; VEHICLE STABILIZATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CONTROLLERS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; STABILIZATION; STEERING;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84879911187     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2012.2200826     Document Type: Article

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