Actuator/sensor placement using degree of controllability and observability for digitally controlled orbiting platforms

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-89

  Ericsson Jackson, Aprille J ^a   Bainum, Peter M ^b,c   Xing, Guangqian ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b School of Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROLLABILITY; KALMAN FILTERING; OBSERVABILITY; SENSORS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DIGITALLY CONTROLLED ORBITING PLATFORMS; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN THEORY; LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR;

SPACE PLATFORMS; CONTROLLABILITY;

ACTUATOR/SENSOR; CONTROLLABILITY AND OBSERVABILITIES; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; DISCRETE - TIME SYSTEMS; PLACEMENT PROBLEMS; SCALAR VALUES; TRANSIENT TIME RESPONSE;

EID: 0030703884     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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