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A Path-Following Feedback Control Law of a Five-Axle, Three-Steering Coupled-Vehicle System
Hiroaki Yamaguchi*, Ryota Kameyama*,**, and Atsushi Kawakami*
*Department of Integrated Information Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan
**Rolling Stock Electrical Systems Design Department, Mito Rail Systems Product Division, Rail Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd., 1070 Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-8506, Japan

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