A LOW SENSITIVITY MODERN APPROACH TO THE LONGITUDINAL CONTROL OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT VEHICLES

Modern control and estimation techniques are applied to the design of longitudinal controllers for automated transit vehicles. The sensitivity of dynamic response to changes in vehicle parameters and the effects of noisy sensors on control system performance are studied. A method for sensitivity reduction by augmentation of the state vector with the sensitivity vector is proposed and low sensitivity design is developed which provides excellent dynamic response over a wide range of operating conditions and vehicle parameters. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Yang, S C
  • Garrard, W L
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 218-228
• Serial:
  • ASME Transactions
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Control systems; Design; Dynamic loads; Operations; Performance; Vehicle characteristics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic response; Longitudinal; Operational analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096400
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1981 12:00AM