Title :
Supervisory control for systems of vehicles in path networks
Author :
Roszkowska, Elzbieta
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Eng. Cybern., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland
Abstract :
The paper is twofold. First we introduce a new concept-a partially directed graph, in which an edge can be undirected or have one of the two possible directions-and examine some of its structural properties. Then we assume that the edge attribute is variable and employ the concept to build a general, discrete event model of a system of vehicles moving in a path network. We examine some dynamic properties of the model and develop a flexible, suboptimal policy ensuring safe operation of the vehicle system.
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; directed graphs; discrete event systems; optimisation; scheduling; discrete event model; flexible suboptimal policy; partially directed graph; path networks; safe operation; supervisory control; undirected edge; vehicle system; Automotive engineering; Cybernetics; Event detection; Intelligent networks; Phase detection; Supervisory control; Tail; Vehicle detection; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2001. Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6576-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2001.932627
