Real-time path planning and terrain obstacle avoidance for general aviation aircraft

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 48-59

  Doebbler, James ^a,b,c   Gesting, Paul ^a,b,c   Valasek, John ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Flight Simulation Laboratory   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MOTION PLANNING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

COMPUTING POWER; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMAL PATH; TERRAIN OBSTACLES;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 29744448948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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