Real-time computation of optimal three-dimensional aircraft trajectories including terrain-following

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4355-4376

  Williams, Paul ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRAJECTORIES;

AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORIES; HEADING ANGLE RATES; INNER-LOOP TRAJECTORIES; MINIMUM FLIGHT-PATH;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33845787986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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