The dynamics of vehicles on roads and on tracks : proceedings of the 18th IAVSD Symposium held in Kanagawa, Japan, August 24 - 30, 2003

"The 18th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics was held at Kanagawa Institute of Technology (KAIT) , Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan August 24-30, 2003. The symposium was hosted by KAIT as one of the memorial events of the 40th anniversary of KAIT. ...There were five States-of-the-Arts papers presented at the plenary sessions in the symposium and they have been published in a special issue of the journal "Vehicle System Dynamics", Volume 40, Number 1-3, 2003."--preface.