Title :
Control of interconnected nonlinear dynamical systems: the platoon problem
Author :
Sheikholeslam, Shahab ; Desoer, Charles A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The problem to be solved involves a highway automation project. The overall system consists of N vehicles (the platoon). Each vehicle is driven by the same input u and the state of the kth vehicle affects the dynamics of the (k+1)th vehicle. Furthermore, the dynamics of each vehicle is affected by its (local) state-feedback controller. Under very general conditions, it is shown that for sufficiently slowly varying inputs, decentralized controllers can be designed so that the platoon maintains its cohesion
Keywords :
decentralised control; large-scale systems; nonlinear control systems; road vehicles; traffic control; decentralized controllers; highway automation; interconnected nonlinear dynamical systems; platoon problem; state-feedback controller; Automated highways; Automatic control; Boundary conditions; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Linear systems; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Vehicle driving; Vehicle dynamics;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
