A distributed framework for coordinated heavy-duty vehicle platooning

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 419-429

  Larson, Jeffrey ^a   Liang, Kuo Yun ^b,c   Johansson, Karl H ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SCANIA CV AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated highways; intelligent systems; road transportation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; CONTROLLERS; FUEL ECONOMY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION;

DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER; DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; ROAD NETWORK; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; VIRTUAL CONTROLLER;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84922430376     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2320133     Document Type: Article

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