Longitudinal Flight-Path Control Using Online Function Approximation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 885-897

  Farrell, Jay A ^a,d   Sharma, Manu ^b,d   Polycarpou, Marios ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Barron Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TRACKING (POSITION); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CONTROLLER VALIDATION; FLIGHT-PATH CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344036059     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6932     Document Type: Article

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