String stability of multiple surface marine vessels

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. === The phenomenon of string instability is well known in a platoon of cars moving forward in an Automated Highway System (AHS). It is also known that ships can experience a similar instability phenomenon from mis-coordination of guidance a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angelopoulos, Christos K.
Other Authors: Papoulias, Fotis A.
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5676