Control of vehicle platoons for highway safety and efficient utility: Consensus with communications and vehicle dynamics

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 605-631

  Wang, Le Yi ^a   Syed, Ali ^a   Yin, Gang George ^b   Pandya, Abhilash ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; communications; consensus control; networked systems; platoon control; safety; vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMMUNICATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUEL ECONOMY; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

CONSENSUS CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION; NETWORKED SYSTEMS; PLATOON CONTROLS; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84898477371     PISSN: 10096124     EISSN: 15597067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-014-2115-z     Document Type: Article

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