A Minimax Design of a Discrete Rate Highway Vehicle Steering Control.
Abstract
The problem of road vehicle steering by the severely disabled is discussed and a discrete rate steering control proposed. Two models of the driver-vehicle system with discrete rate steering are presented and their descriptive properties discussed. Two minimax parameter optimization algorithms, Heller's gradient algorithm and a quasi 'brute force' algorithm, are described and their convergence compared on a sample problem. The parameters of one model are optimized using the quasi 'brute force' algorithm. The convergence properties of the algorithm in the presence of discontinuities in the performance index is noted. The road following behavior of the optimized discrete rate system model is analyzed and discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0730119
Entities
People
- George Bernard Stupp Jr
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign