@incollection{eprints519, pages = {162--174}, volume = {2034}, year = {2001}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, title = {A hybrid approach to traction control}, author = {Francesco Borrelli and Alberto Bemporad and Michael Fodor and Davor Hrovat}, journal = {Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, editor = {Maria Di Benedetto and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli}, booktitle = {Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control}, url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/519/}, abstract = {In this paper we describe a hybrid model and an optimization-based control strategy for solving a traction control prob- lem currently under investigation at Ford Research Laboratories. We show through simulations on a model and a realistic set of parameters that good and robust performance is achieved. Furthermore, the result- ing optimal controller is a piecewise linear function of the measurements that can be implemented on low cost control hardware. } }