Robust Control Design for Active Driver Assistance Systems

The authors have several years of experience in research and education. In addition, they have widespread contacts in the vehicle industry. They have achieved significant results in the fields of modeling, robust control, fault detection and isolation, reconfigurable control and vehicle oriented topics received special emphasis in the research. Results have been published in journal papers and conference presentations. They have worked in collaboration with a large number of academic institutes and university departments. They have also collaborated with vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers such as Audi, Bosch, Knorr-Bremse or Thyssen.

• Introduction.- Part I Design Tools.- Modeling for Control.- Performance and Uncertainty.- Robust H-infinity/LPV Control Design.- Hierarchical Control Design.- Part II Vehicle Components and Functions.- Wheel-Orientation Control for Yaw Dynamics.- Torque Control for Yaw Dynamics.- Vertical Dynamics and Control.- Cruise Control in Longitudinal Dynamics.- Part III Integration of Vehicle Systems.- Actuator Selection Methods.- Driver-in-the-Loop Systems.- Integrated Vehicle Control.- Reconfigurable and Fault-Tolerant Control.- Part IV Conclusions.