Visual angle car following models assume fixed values (thresholds) for the angular velocity (∆Ө/∆t) over which the driver of the following vehicle is affected by the leading vehicle. This paper explains the advantages and limitations of such models and provides possible solutions for these limitations. Sensitivity analysis has been carried out for these purposes as a part of this paper. It was ...

The paper presents the analysis of two basic control strategies, the series thermostat control strategy and the series power follower control strategy, used for series hybrid electric vehicles. One of these control strategies, the series thermostat control strategy, is programmed and installed in an electronic control unit to manage the power flow of a two-seat series hybrid electric vehicle de...

The current lane change maneuver for vehicles in a platoon under the California PATH automated highway system (AHS) architecture is inefficient, because the follower has to split from the rest of the platoon before making a lane change. In this paper, we propose to add a lane change within platoons maneuver that allows a follower to change lanes and be inserted into another platoon directly wit...

Leader-follower formation control is a widely used distributed control strategy that needs systems to exchange their information over a wireless radio communication network to attain and maintain formations. These wireless networks are often subject to deep fades, where a severe drop in the quality of the communication link occurs. Such deep fades inevitably inject a great deal of stochastic un...

This work presents a control structure designed to autonomously guide two of-the-shelf quadrotors navigating in outdoor environments, as leader-follower formation. The objective is show how simple design controllers the vehicles when taking into account practical assumptions and simplifications their model. way, main contribution of paper knowledge obtained from real experiments using quadrotor...

This paper deals with the leader-follower formation control problem while communication constraint in data transmitting is considered. From a practical point of view, we study the case in which unmanned vehicles are subject to the limited sensing, and communication is of a particular interest. A three-dimensional formation flight of multi-unmanned aerial vehicles with leader-follower configurat...

Handling Editor: Stephanie Castro Weexamined follower relational identificationwith the leader as amediator and follower perceptions of leader creativity expectations as amoderator in the relationship between transformational leadership and follower creativity. Using a sample of 420 leader–follower dyads from an energy company in mainland China, we found that follower relational identification ...

This paper deals with the problem of the instability regions of a free-free uniform Bernoulli beam consisting of two concentrated masses at the two free ends under the follower and transversal forces as a model for a space structure. The follower force is the model for the propulsion force and the transversal force is the controller force. The main aim of this study is to analyze the effects of...