Nonlinear trajectory generation for unmanned air vehicles with multiple radars

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 3817-3822

  Inanc, Tamer ^a   Misovec, Kathy ^b   Murray, Richard M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RADAR; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TRAJECTORIES; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

MULTIPLE RADAR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHOD (NTG); OPEN EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM (OEP); RADAR DETECTION SYSTEMS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 14244255432     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2004.1429333     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. Mark B. Milam, Real-Time Optimal Trajectory Generation for Constrained Dynamical Systems, PhD thesis, Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech, 2003.
2. Milam M.B., Missile Interception Research Report, California Institute of Technology Internal Report, 2002.
3. Milam M.B. and Mushambi K. and Murray R.M., "A Computational Approach to Real-Time Trajectory Generation for Constrained Mechanical Systems", Conference on Decision and Control, 2000.
4. Milam M.B. and Franz R. and Murray R.M., "Real-Time Constrained Trajectory Generation Applied to a Flight Control Experiment", IFAC, 2002.
5. Kathy Misovec, Tamer Inane, Jerry Wohletz and Richard M. Murray, "Low-Observable Nonlinear Trajectory Generation for Unmanned Air Vehicles", 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 9-12 December, 2003.
6. Chaudhry, A., Misovec, K., and d'Andrea, R, "Low Observability Path Planning for an Unmanned Air Vehicle Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming", 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control Paradise Island, Bahamas, 14-17 December, 2004.
7. Lian F.-L. and Murray R.M., "Cooperative Task Planning of Multi-Robot Systems with Temporal Constraints", International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2003.
8. Lian F.-L. and Murray R.M., "Real-Time Trajectory Generation for the Cooperative Path Planning of Multi-Vehicle Systems", Conference on Decision and Control, 2002.
9. Corman D. and Knutti J., MICA OEP 1.1 User Guide, The Boeing Company Internal Report, 2003.
10. Gill P.E. and Murray W. and Saunders M.A. and Wright M. H., User's Guide for NPSOL 5.0 A Fortran Package for Nonlinear Programming, Systems Optimization Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford CA, 1998.
11. Carl de Boor, A Practical Guide to Splines, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001.
12. Murray R.M. and Milam M.B., NTG - a library for real-time trajectory generation, 2002. http://www.cds.caltech.edu/ ntg
13. McFarland M.B. and Acjeru R.A. and Taylor B.K., "Motion Planning for Reduced Observability of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles", IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 1999.
14. Fliess M. and Levine J. and Martin P. and Rouchon P., Flatness and Defect of Nonlinear Systems: Introductory Theory and Examples, International Journal of Control, (61)6 1327-1360, 1995.
15. Jongrae Kim and João P. Hespanha, "Discrete Approximation to Continuous Shortest-Path: Application to Minimum-Risk Path Planning for Groups of UAVs", 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 9-12 December, 2003.
16. Martin Norsell, "Radar Cross Section Constraints in Flight Path Optimization", 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 6-9 January, 2003.
17. Michael C. Novy, David R. Jacques and Meir Pachter, "Air Vehicle Optimal Trajectories Between Two Radars", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 8-10, 2002.
18. Meir Pachter and Feffrey Hebert, "Optimal Aircraft Trajectories for Radar Exposure Minimization", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, June 25-27, 2001.