TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal Control and a New Spacing Policy for Automated Transit Vehicles
AU - Caudill, Reggie J.
AU - Thomas, Steven P.
AU - Di Matteo, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. NSF OCEO-19290 and, in the past, by U.S.Department of Transportation
Publisher Copyright:
© 1982 AACC.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Vehicle operating policies are developed and a longitudinal controller is designed to satisfy the stringent performance criteria of an Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) System operating under model-reference control. The complete control system is comprised of two parts, a model generator and a vehicle controller. The generation of a model velocity, based on ideal vehicle kinematics which include jerk and acceleration limiting, is examined with respect to the performance criteria required for safe operation. Using the phase-plane follower spacing policy, a vehicle controller is designed, evaluated, and implemented on an 8-bit microprocessor to control the vehicle through various maneuvers as simulated on an analog computer.
AB - Vehicle operating policies are developed and a longitudinal controller is designed to satisfy the stringent performance criteria of an Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) System operating under model-reference control. The complete control system is comprised of two parts, a model generator and a vehicle controller. The generation of a model velocity, based on ideal vehicle kinematics which include jerk and acceleration limiting, is examined with respect to the performance criteria required for safe operation. Using the phase-plane follower spacing policy, a vehicle controller is designed, evaluated, and implemented on an 8-bit microprocessor to control the vehicle through various maneuvers as simulated on an analog computer.
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U2 - 10.23919/acc.1982.4787915
DO - 10.23919/acc.1982.4787915
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85065575095
SN - 0743-1619
VL - 1982-June
SP - 572
EP - 577
JO - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
JF - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
M1 - 4787915
T2 - 1st American Control Conference, ACC 1982
Y2 - 14 June 1982 through 16 June 1982
ER -