Normal and emergency control of a string of vehicles by fixed reference sampled-data control

1 November 1972

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Vol. 21 (4) , 128-138
https://doi.org/10.1109/T-VT.1972.23514

Abstract

A fixed reference control scheme for automated highways is proposed. Each vehicle controls itself; thus multiloop feedback is avoided. A simple proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is selected from many alternatives. For emergency stopping, a PI controller using a tachometer on a braked wheel can bring a vehicle with rubber tires to a controlled skid-free stop.

Keywords

VEHICLES
AUTOMATIC CONTROL
AUTOMATED HIGHWAYS
FEEDBACK
THREE-TERM CONTROL
PI CONTROL
PROPORTIONAL CONTROL
WHEELS
RUBBER PRODUCTS
TIRES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

A Moving Cell Control Scheme for Automated Transportation Systems
Transportation Science, 1970
On the Optimal Sampled Data Control of Strings of Vehicles
Transportation Science, 1968