Heuristic control of dynamic soaring

2004 5th Asian Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 714-722

  Wharington, John M ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; GLIDERS; HEURISTIC METHODS; METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOMATIC SOARING CONTROL SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC CONTROL; OROGRAPHIC FLOW; UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES (UAV);

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 16244414319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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