Switching decentralized control of a platoon of vehicles with time-varying heterogeneous delay: A safe and dense spacing policy

In this paper the problem of decentralized switching control of a platoon of vehicles in the presence of heterogeneous time-varying communication and parasitic delays is investigated. A neighbor-based linear decentralized controller using the relative measurements is considered for each vehicle. The communication structure of the platoon is assumed to be time-varying. Therefore, the closed-loop dynamics of the platoon is in the form of switched linear multiple-delay systems. Compared to previous research, the communication structure of the platoon is assumed to be general. A safe and dense spacing policy is used to adjust inter-vehicle distances. The internal stability analysis of the platoon is done by employing Lyapunov–Razumikhin and Lyapunov–Krasovskii theorems. Afterwards, some conditions on control parameters assuring string stability are obtained by introducing a new theorem. Simulation studies are carried out to show the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1177/0954407017725448
• Record URL:
  • http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0954407017725448
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  • Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Chehardoli, Hossein
  • Homaeinezhad, Mohammad R
• Publication Date: 2018-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1036-1046
• Serial:
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
  • Volume: 232
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0954-4070
  • EISSN: 2041-2991
  • Serial URL: http://pid.sagepub.com/content/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Delays; Motor vehicles; Simulation; Traffic platooning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01676300
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2018 2:38PM