ARC Research in ASME Special Issue on “Autonomous Mobile Systems” in Memory of Professor J. Karl Hedrick

In this special issue of the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control July, 2019, Volume 141, Issue 7, the engineering community honors the late Professor Hedrick’s contribution to the profession (guest editorial). Three papers produced by ARC researchers was included in this publication:

Synthesis of Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle Analysis for Speed Profile Optimization of All-Electric Vehicle Authors: Hadi Abbas, Youngki Kim, Jason B. Siegel (University of Michigan) and Denise M. Rizzo (US Army GVSC) J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. 2019;141(7):071004-071004-10. doi:10.1115/1.4043117

Stochastic Predictive Control for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes With Time-Joint Chance Constraints and Application to Autonomous Vehicle Control Authors: Nan Li, Anouck Girard and Ilya Kolmanovsky (University of Michigan) J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. 2019;141(7):071007-071007-12. doi:10.1115/1.4043115

A Comparative Study of Different Objectives Functions for the Minimal Fuel Drive Cycle Optimization in Autonomous Vehicles Authors: Niket Prakash, Youngki Kim and Anna G. Stefanopoulou (University of Michigan) J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. 2019;141(7):071011-071011-11. doi:10.1115/1.4043189