A Formation Flight Experiment

IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Fowler, Jeffrey M ^a   D'Andrea, Raffaello ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

CONTROL DESIGN;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141885054     PISSN: 02721708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2003.1234649     Document Type: Article

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