Successive Galerkin approximations to the nonlinear optimal control of an underwater robotic vehicle

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 762-767

  McLain, T W ^a   Beard, R W ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; GALERKIN METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; VEHICLES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HAMILTON JACOBI BELLMAN EQUATION; ITERATIVE APPLICATIONS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMAL CONTROL; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; STATION-KEEPING CONTROLS; SUCCESSIVE GALERKIN APPROXIMATIONS; UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

ROBOTICS;

UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLE;

EID: 0031634055     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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