Browsing by Subject "Vehicles"

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      Adaptive information hovering in VANETs: Robustness and enhancements 

      Xeros, Andreas; Constantinides, Themis; Lestas, Marios; Mylonas, Yiannos; Pitsillides, Andreas; Lesta, Vicky Papadopoulou (IEEE Computer Society, 2013)
      Information hovering is relevant in vehicular ad hoc networks in cases where critical information needs to be made available to all vehicles in a bounded geographical area, called the hovering area, for a specific amount ...
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      Adaptive mode suppression scheme for an aeroelastic airbreathing hypersonic cruise vehicle 

      Levin, J.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2008)
      This paper presents an adaptive mode suppression scheme that is simulated on a longitudinal model of a generic airbreathing hypersonic flight vehicle. An aerodynamically optimized vehicle model is used which has a long ...
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      Adaptive probabilistic flooding for Information Hovering in VANETs 

      Xeros, Andreas; Lestas, Marios; Andreou, Maria I.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2010)
      Information Hovering applies in many applications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, where useful information needs to be made available to all vehicles within a confined geographical area for a specific time interval. A ...
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      Adaptive throttle control for speed tracking 

      Xu, Z.; Ioannou, Petros A. (1994)
      Electronic throttle control is an important part of every advanced vehicle control system. In this paper we design an adaptive control for electronic throttle that achieves good tracking of arbitrary constant speed commands ...
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      Analysis of probabilistic flooding in VANETs for optimal rebroadcast probabilities 

      Saeed, T.; Lestas, Marios; Mylonas, Yiannos; Pitsillides, Andreas; Lesta, Vicky Papadopoulou (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016)
      A number of probabilistic flooding schemes have been recently considered in VANETs to address problems of information dissemination in safety applications. The design approach has so far been simulative, a method which ...
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      Analysis of traffic flow with mixed manual and semiautomated vehicles 

      Bose, A.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2003)
      The introduction of semiautomated vehicles designed to operate with manually driven vehicles is a realistic near-term objective. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects on traffic-flow characteristics and ...
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      Automated guided vehicle system for two container yard layouts 

      Liu, C. -I; Jula, H.; Vukadinovic, K.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2004)
      The explosive growth in the freight volumes has put a lot of pressure on seaport authorities to find better ways of doing daily operations in order to improve the performance and to cope with avalanches of containers ...
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      Combined optimisation of design and power management of the hydraulic hybrid propulsion system for the 6 × 6 medium truck 

      Filipi, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Daran, B.; Lin, C.-C.; Yildir, U.; Wu, B.; Kokkolaras, M.; Assanis, D.; Peng, H.; Papalambros, P.; Stein, J.; Szkubiel, D.; Chapp, R. (2004)
      Hybrid propulsion systems are one of the critical technologies on the roadmap to future ultra-efficient trucks. While there is a significant body of work related to hybrid passenger cars and light commercial trucks, there ...
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      Comparision of spacing and headway control laws for automatically controlled vehicles 

      Swaroop, D.; Hedrick, J. K.; Chien, C. C.; Ioannou, Petros A. (1994)
      This paper investigates two different longitudinal control policies for automatically controlled vehicles. One is based on maintaining a constant spacing between the vehicles while the other is based upon maintaining a ...
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      A comparison of classical, neural and fuzzy control schemes for the position control of an underwater vehicle 

      Neokleous,Kleanthis C.; Neocleous, Costas K.; Schizas, Christos N. (2006)
      A comparative study for the automatic control of an underwater vehicle has been conducted. The vessel was equipped with only three thrusters (one on top, a second at port and a third at starboard) for the control of its ...
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      Cruise control with adaptation and wheel torque constraints for improved fuel economy 

      Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2010)
      Cruise controllers are used to automatically control the speed of motor vehicles. In order to maintain a desired vehicle speed the controller takes over the throttle in a cruise control system which proves particularly ...
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      Determining model accuracy as a function of inputs and system parameters 

      Sohns, B. J.; Stein, J. L.; Louca, Loucas S. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Vital to the effectiveness of simulation-based design is having a system model of known quality. Previous research introduced an algorithm called AVASIM for assessing model validity systematically and quantitatively. AVASIM ...
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      Driving Autopilot with Personalization Feature for Improved Safety and Comfort 

      Butakov, V.; Ioannou, Petros A. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      Self-driving cars are gaining momentum despite the number of considerable technical and human factor issues that remain controversial. Human acceptance and trust of an automated vehicle to transport people in traffic ...
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      The Dynamics of Vehicular Networks in Large-Scale Urban Environments 

      Loulloudes, Nicholas; Pallis, George C.; Dikaiakos, Marios D. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016)
      Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) have emerged as a platform to support Intelligent Transportation Applications. A key to the development of protocols and services for IVC lies in the knowledge of the topological ...
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      Entrainment and vehicle following controllers design for autonomous intelligent vehicles 

      Chien, C. C.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Lai, M. C. (American Automatic Control Council, 1994)
      Entrainment and vehicle following controllers are proposed for autonomous intelligent vehicles in both non-tight and tight vehicle following maneuvers. A nonlinear vehicle model is used for designing the controllers. The ...
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      Flow control for a class of transportation systems 

      Panayiotou, Christos G.; Cassandras, C. G. (1998)
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      Fuel cell APU for silent watch and mild electrification of a medium tactical truck 

      Filipi, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Stefanopoulou, A.; Pukrushpan, J.; Kittirungsi, B.; Peng, H. (2004)
      This paper investigates the opportunities for improving truck fuel economy through the use of a Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit (FC APU) for silent watch, as well as for powering electrified engine accessories during driving. ...
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      Gamma Deployment: Designing the Communication Infrastructure in Vehicular Networks Assuring Guarantees on the V2I Inter-Contact Time 

      Silva, C. M.; Guidoni, D. L.; Souza, F. S. H.; Pitangui, C. G.; Sarubbi, J. F. M.; Pitsillides, Andreas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017)
      Gamma Deployment is a metric for evaluating the distribution of roadside units in vehicular networks in terms of two parameters: a) the inter-contact time between vehicles and the infrastructure, and, b) the share of ...
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      Genetic algorithms for shortest path routing of autonomous gliders 

      Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2008)
      Onboard power resources pose inevitable limitations on the flight performance of any aerial vehicle regardless of its type, size or mission. Popular soaring techniques recognized to be providing significant energy savings ...
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      Information hovering in vehicular ad-hoc networks 

      Xeros, Andreas; Lestas, Marios; Andreou, Maria I.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Ioannou, Petros A. (2009)
      Information Hovering is a relatively new concept of information dissemination over a mobile set of peers. It naturally applies in many applications in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, where useful information needs to be made ...