The control of car following is one of the important methods for its rapidity and safety. This paper classified the control of car following into the hybrid control systems, which comprised the velocity error regulator and the standard car-following distance tracker. The discrete model of car following was constructed, and its observability and controllability were discussed. And then, the optimal control theory was used to obtain its feedback control laws, and its algorithm was given. The practical example was simulated.
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