Cascaded Kalman filters for accurate estimation of multiple biases, dead-reckoning navigation, and full state feedback control of ground vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Bevly, David M ^a   Parkinson, Bradford ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascaded estimation; Dead reckoning navigation; Decentralized Kalman filters; Ground vehicle navigation

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; STATE ESTIMATION; STATE FEEDBACK; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

CASCADED ESTIMATION; DEAD RECKONING ESTIMATOR;

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS;

EID: 33947579609     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2006.883311     Document Type: Article

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