Decentralized nonlinear robust control of UAVs in close formation

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1057-1078

  Singh, Sahjendra N ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Chandler, Phil ^b   Banda, Siva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of UAVs; Decentralized control; Formation flying; Nonlinear robust control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNMANNED VEHICLES; VORTEX FLOW;

AIRCRAFT MANEUVERS;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141861061     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.754     Document Type: Article

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