Trajectory tracking of leader-follower formations characterized by constant line-of-sight angles

Automatica

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2131-2141

  Lechevin N ^a   Rabbath, C A ^b   Sicard, P ^c  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction analysis; Distributed control; Multiagent systems; Nonlinear control; Passivity

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GRAPHIC METHODS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POSITION CONTROL; SPEED CONTROL;

CONTRACTION ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SUBSYSTEMS; LOCAL FEEDBACK; TRAJECTORY TRACKING;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33750463757     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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