Quaternion parameterization and a simple algorithm for global attitude estimation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 669-671

  Reynolds, R G ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK; KALMAN FILTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; VECTORS;

GLOBAL ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; QUATERNION ESTIMATION (QUEST) ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0032123795     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.22106     Document Type: Article

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