Heavy-duty vehicle platooning for sustainable freight transportation: A cooperative method to enhance safety and efficiency

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 34-56

  Alam, Assad ^a   Besselink, Bart ^b   Turri, Valerio ^b   Martensson, Jonas ^b   Johansson, Karl H ^b  

^a Driver Assistance Controls Department   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMMERCE; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORTATIONS; SAFETY AND EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84947239820     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2015.2471046     Document Type: Article

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