Sadraddini, SadraSivaranjani, S.Gupta, VijayBelta, Calin2018-06-252018-06-252017-10Sadra Sadraddini, S. Sivaranjani, Vijay Gupta, Calin Belta. 2017. "Provably Safe Cruise Control of Vehicular Platoons." IEEE Control Systems Letters, v. 1, issue 2, pp. 262 - 267.2475-1456https://hdl.handle.net/2144/29607We synthesize performance-aware safe cruise control policies for longitudinal motion of platoons of autonomous vehicles. Using set-invariance theories, we guarantee infinite-time collision avoidance in the presence of bounded additive disturbances, while ensuring that the length and the cruise speed of the platoon are bounded within specified ranges. We propose: 1) a centralized control policy and 2) a distributed control policy, where each vehicle's control decision depends solely on its relative kinematics with respect to the platoon leader. Numerical examples are included.p. 262-267Autonomous vehiclesSafetyCollision avoidanceAsymptotic stabilityNumerical stabilityStability criteriaArticle10.1109/LCSYS.2017.2713772