Design of an air-to-air automatic refueling flight control system using quantitative feedback theory

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 561-580

  Pachter, M ^a   Houpis, C H ^a   Trosen, D W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation flying; Multivariable regulating control system design; Quantitative feedback theory; Robust control theory with parametric uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FUELING; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AIR TO AIR AUTOMATIC REFUELING FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM; FORMATION FLYING; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031162546     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1239(199706)7:6<561::AID-RNC291>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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