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As part of my thesis research in behavior-based robotics, I'm going to
be building a simulated robot control system for freeway driving, and
I'd like to include reasonable assumptions about automobile dynamics
in the simulator.

In particular, I'm interested in the following functions for typical
automobiles:

	1) Maximum acceleration as a function of speed
	2) Maximum deceleration as a function of speed
	3) Maximum change in heading as a function of speed
	4) Interactions between turning and max acceleration
	5) Interactions between turning and max deceleration

Of course, the actual values will depend on whether you're driving a
Ferrari or a Yugo, but I'm interested in the general shape of the
curve for your average coupe or sedan.

A subject search in our library shows scores of references on
automobile industry & trade, automobile workers & labor unions,
environmental effects of automobiles, social aspects of automobiles,
and even a book of poetry about automobile factories, but nothing
about automobile performance or dynamics.

				Thanks in advance,
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Brian Yamauchi				University of Rochester
yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu		Computer Science Department
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