Coordination variables, coordination functions, and cooperative-timing missions

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-161

  McLain, Timothy W ^a   Beard, Randal W ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MOTION PLANNING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT LANDING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TORQUE CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; COORDINATION FUNCTIONS; COORDINATION VARIABLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 12744255233     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5791     Document Type: Article

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