Optimal control on platoon fuel consumption

This paper considers the problem of fuel-efficient of platoons. A two layer control structure is presented. Firstly, design the first layer controller based on the linearized model and the range of the feedback control parameter is achieved by stability analysis with the method of Laplace transform and the final value theorem. Then, a distributed receding horizon control algorithm is proposed for fuel consumption optimization, thus the second layer controller are obtained. The effectiveness of the presented method was demonstrated by numerical simulation.