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A Note on Order and Index Reduction for Descriptor Systems
Martin Corless, Robert Shorten
We present order reduction results for linear time invariant descriptor systems. Results are given for both forced and unforced systems as well methods for constructing the reduced…
On Constant Distance Spacing Policies for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
Kay Massow, Ilja Radusch, Robert Shorten
Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) systems are considered as key potential enablers to improve driving safety and traffic efficiency. They allow for automated vehicle follo…
Decentralized Assignment of Electric Vehicles at Charging Stations Based on Personalized Cost Functions and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Michela Moschella, Pietro Ferraro, Emanuele Crisostomi +1
In this paper we propose a stochastic decentralized algorithm to recommend the most convenient Charging Station (CS) to Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) that need charging. In part…
On DICE-free Smart Cities, Particulate Matter, and Feedback-Enabled Access Control
Panagiota Katsikouli, Pietro Ferraro, David Timoney +1
The link between transport related emissions and human health is a major issue for city municipalities worldwide. PM emissions from exhaust and non-exhaust sources are one of the m…
Distributed Ledger Technology for Smart Mobility: Variable Delay Models
Andrew Cullen, Pietro Ferraro, Christopher King +1
Recently, Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) based Distributed Ledgers have been proposed for various applications in the smart mobility domain [1]. While many application studies have b…
Derandomized Distributed Multi-resource Allocation with Little Communication Overhead
Syed Eqbal Alam, Robert Shorten, Fabian Wirth +1
We study a class of distributed optimization problems for multiple shared resource allocation in Internet-connected devices. We propose a derandomized version of an existing stocha…
Distributed Algorithms for Internet-of-Things-enabled Prosumer Markets: A Control Theoretic Perspective
Syed Eqbal Alam, Robert Shorten, Fabian Wirth +1
Internet-of-Things (IoT) enables the development of sharing economy applications. In many sharing economy scenarios, agents both produce as well as consume a resource; we call them…
Communication-efficient Distributed Multi-resource Allocation
Syed Eqbal Alam, Robert Shorten, Fabian Wirth +1
In several smart city applications, multiple resources must be allocated among competing agents that are coupled through such shared resources and are constrained --- either throug…
A Non-Invasive Method for the Safe Interaction of Cities and Electric Vehicle Fleets
Bill Power, Brian Mulkeene, Anthony D. Fagan +1
Electric and hybrid vehicles are growing in popularity. While these vehicles produce less pollution, they also produce less audible noise, especially at lower speeds. This makes it…
On the Design of an Intelligent Speed Advisory System for Cyclists
Yingqi Gu, Mingming Liu, Matheus Souza +1
Traffic-related pollution is becoming a major societal problem globally. Cyclists are particularly exposed to this form of pollution due to their proximity to vehicles' tailpipes.…
On the design of a decision engine for connected vehicles with an application to congestion management
Rodrigo Ordóñez-Hurtado, Giovanni Russo, Sam Sinnott +1
Vehicles are becoming connected entities. As a result, a likely scenario is that such entities might be literally bombarded with information from a multitude of devices. In this co…
dockChain: A Solution for Electric Vehicles Charge Point Anxiety
J. O'Connell, B. Cardiff, R. Shorten
This paper addresses Charge Point Anxiety surrounding electric vehicles (EVs), an issue preventing the mass adoption of this greener mode of transport. We discuss the design and im…
On the Control of Agents Coupled through Shared Unit-demand Resources
Syed Eqbal Alam, Robert Shorten, Fabian Wirth +1
We consider a control problem involving several agents coupled through multiple unit-demand resources. Such resources are indivisible, and each agent's consumption is modeled as a…
On string stability of nonlinear bidirectional asymmetric heterogeneous platoon systems
Julien Monteil, Giovanni Russo, Robert Shorten
This paper is concerned with the study of bidirectionally coupled platoon systems. The case considered is when the vehicles are heterogeneous and the coupling can be nonlinear and…
Hybrid Urban Navigation for Smart Cities
Oisín Moran, Robert Gilmore, Rodrigo Ordóñez-Hurtado +1
This paper proposes a design for a hybrid, city-wide urban navigation system for moving agents demanding dedicated assistance. The hybrid system combines GPS and vehicle-to-vehicle…
On noise-induced synchronization and consensus of nonlinear network systems under input disturbances
Giovanni Russo, Rovert Shorten
This paper is concerned with the study of synchronization and consensus phenomena in complex networks of diffusively-coupled nodes subject to external disturbances. Specifically, w…
A Distributed and Privacy-Aware Speed Advisory System for Optimising Conventional and Electric Vehicles Networks
Mingming Liu, Rodrigo H. Ordóñez-Hurtado, Fabian Wirth +3
One of the key ideas to make Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) work effectively is to deploy advanced communication and cooperative control technologies among the vehicles a…
On the stability and convergence of a class of consensus systems with a nonlinear input
Mingming Liu, Fabian Wirth, Martin Corless +1
We consider a class of consensus systems driven by a nonlinear input. Such systems arise in a class of IoT applications. Our objective in this paper is to determine conditions unde…