Consensus Based Platoon Algorithm for Velocity-Measurement-Absent Vehicles with Actuator Saturation. (20th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yan, Maode; Tang, Ye; Yang, Panpan; Zuo, Lei
• Other Names: Chin Cheng S. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of advanced transportation. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-08-20
• Subjects: Transportation -- Periodicals; 388.05
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/8023018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0197-6729

Abstract

Abstract : We investigate the vehicle platoon problems, where the actuator saturation and absent velocity measurement are taken into consideration. Firstly, a novel algorithm, where a smooth function is introduced to deal with the sharp corner of the input signals, is proposed for a group of vehicles with actuator saturation by using the consensus theory. Secondly, by applying an auxiliary system for the followers to estimate the velocities, a control strategy for the vehicle platoon with actuator saturation and absent velocity measurement is designed via the adaptive control approach. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.