On the peaking phenomenon in the control of vehicular platoons

We investigate the peaking phenomenon in the control of large-scale vehicular platoons. These systems are of considerable practical importance as they represent an example of systems on lattices in which different subsystems are dynamically coupled only through feedback controls. We demonstrate that imposing a uniform rate of convergence for all vehicles towards their desired trajectories may generate large transient peaks in both velocity and control. We further derive explicit constraints on feedback gains

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: SCL
• Authors: Mihailo R. Jovanovic, Jeffrey M. Fowler, Bassam Bamieh, Raffaello D'Andrea
• Keywords: Considerable Practical Importance, Large Transient Peaks, Large-scale Vehicular Platoons, SCL 2008