Computing danger zones for provably safe closely spaced parallel approaches

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 434-442

  Teo, Rodney ^a   Tomlin, Claire J ^a  

^a 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DANGER ZONES; EMERGENCY EVASIVE MANEUVERS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037601909     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5081     Document Type: Article

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