Augmentation of an intelligent flight control system for a simulated C-17 aircraft

Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication

Volumn , Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 526-542

  Gundy Burlet, Karen ^a   Krishnakumar, K ^a   Limes, Greg ^b   Bryant, Don ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUALITY CONTROL; VECTORS;

CONTROL VECTORS; GENERIC FUNCTIONS; PITCH RATE; YAW RATE;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 18444387129     PISSN: 15429423     EISSN: 15429423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13246     Document Type: Article

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