Lateral motion control for four-wheel-independent-drive electric vehicles using optimal torque allocation and dynamic message priority scheduling

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-66

  Shuai, Zhibin ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^a   Wang, Junmin ^a   Li, Jianqiu ^b   Ouyang, Minggao ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Four wheel independent drive electric vehicle; Message dynamic priority scheduling; Networked control system; Vehicle motion dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FRONT STEERING; COMPLEX CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; DIRECT YAW MOMENT CONTROL; DYNAMIC-PRIORITY SCHEDULING; POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION; VEHICLE MOTION; X-BY-WIRE TECHNOLOGIES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MOTION CONTROL; NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TIME DELAY; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE WHEELS;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84892556861     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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