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1 Introduction 1.1 Platoon Control 1.2 Non-Fragile Quantized Consensus 1.3 Preview of Chapters 2 Preliminaries 2.1 Notations 2.2 Acronyms 2.3 String Stability Theory 2.4 Basic Algebraic Graph Theory 2.5 H∞ Performance Index 2.6 Some Other Definitions and Lemmas 3 String Stability of Vehicle Platoons with External Disturbances 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Model Description And Problem Formulation 3.3 Design of Distributed Adaptive Integrated Sliding Mode (ISM) Control 3.4 Numerical Examples 3.5 Conclusion 4 String Stability of Vehicle Platoons with Nonlinear Acceleration Uncertainties 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Vehicle Platoon And Problem Formulation 4.3 Distributed Adaptive Integrated Sliding Mode Control (ISMC) Strategy 4.4 Simulation Study and Performance Results 4.5 Conclusion 5 CNN-Based Adaptive Control for Vehicle Platoon with Input Saturation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Vehicle-Following Platoon Model and Preliminaries 5.3 Distributed Adaptive NN Control Design and Stability Analysis 5.4 Simulation Study and Performance Results 5.5 Conclusion 6 Adaptive Fuzzy Fault-Tolerant Control for Multiple High-Speed Trains 6.1 Introduction 6.2 High-Speed Train Dynamics and Preliminaries 6.3 PI-Based Sliding Mode and Coupled Sliding Mode 6.4 Adaptive Fuzzy Control Design and Stability Analysis 6.5 Simulation Study and Performance Results 6.6 Conclusion 7 Collision Avoidance for Vehicle Platoon with Input Deadzone and Spacing Constraints 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Vehicular Platoon Model And Preliminaries 7.3 Distributed Adaptive NN Control Design 7.4 Simulation Study 7.5 Conclusion 8 Neuro-Adaptive Quantized PID-Based SMC of Vehicular Platoon with Deadz