• DocumentCode
    1201987
  • Title

    Control issues in automated highway systems

  • Author

    Hedrick, J.K. ; Tomizuka, M. ; Varaiya, P.

  • Author_Institution
    California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    This article describes vehicle control issues that must be faced in designing a fully automated highway system (AHS). In particular, requirements for a control system architecture as well as issues of lateral and longitudinal "platoon" control are addressed. Interest in AHS is clearly expanding at a rapid pace due to the ever-increasing problems of freeway congestion and the potential for a technological solution. The approach described is based on five years of research as part of the California PATH program.<>
  • Keywords
    automated highways; road traffic; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; California PATH program; automated highway systems; control system architecture; freeway congestion; vehicle control; Automated highways; Automatic control; Communication system control; Control systems; Ground support; Humans; Road vehicles; Surges; Traffic control; Vehicle driving;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Control Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1066-033X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/37.334412
  • Filename
    334412