Autonomous maneuver tracking for self-piloted vehicles

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-67

  Boyle, David P ^a,c   Chamitoff, Gregory E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS MANEUVER TRACKING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC PILOTS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TRACKING (POSITION); TRAJECTORIES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032763219     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4371     Document Type: Article

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