Optimal cooperative sensing using a team of UAVs

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1446-1458

  Gu, Guoxiang ^a   Chandler, Phillip R ^b   Schumacher, Corey J ^b   Sparks, Andrew ^b   Pachter, Meir ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; DOPPLER RADAR; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; TARGET TRACKING;

GROUND MOVING TARGET (GMT); OPTIMAL COOPERATIVE SENSING; OPTIMAL SENSOR GEOMETRIES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 33947636619     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2006.314584     Document Type: Article

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