On $\mathcal{L}_{\infty}$ string stability of asymmetrically coupled bidirectional heterogeneous platoon systems

This paper is concerned with the study of bidirectionally coupled platoon systems. The case considered is when the vehicles are heterogeneous and the coupling can be asymmetric and nonlinear. For such systems, a sufficient condition for L∞ string stability is presented. The effectiveness of our approach is illustrated via a numerical example, where it is shown how our result can be recast as an optimization problem, leading to a bottom-up approach for the design of string stable platoon systems.