Modeling and computing worst-case uncertainty combinations for flight control systems analysis

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1029-1039

  Mannchen, Thomas ^a   Bates, Declan G ^b   Postlethwaite, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036857920     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5007     Document Type: Article

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