Cooperative control of dynamical systems: Applications to autonomous vehicles

Cooperative Control of Dynamical Systems: Applications to Autonomous Vehicles

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-325

  Qu, Zhihua ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-325-9     Document Type: Book

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