The requirements for automatic longitudinal control of a string of closely packed personal vehicles are outlined. Optimal control theory is used to design feedback controllers for strings of vehicles. An important modification of the usual optimal control scheme is the inclusion of jerk in the cost functional. While the inclusion of the jerk term was considered, the effect of its inclusion was not sufficiently studied. Adding the jerk term will increase passenger comfort.


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    Title :

    Automatic Control of Personal Rapid Transit Vehicles


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    Publication date :

    1972-09-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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