State estimation for autonomous flight in cluttered Environments

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1414-1426

  Langelaan, Jack W ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEMS;

STATE ESTIMATION;

EID: 35349003564     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27770     Document Type: Article

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