Verifiable L1 adaptive controller for aerial refueling

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-23

  Wang, Jiang ^a,c,d   Patel, Vijay V ^a   Cao, Chengyu ^a,c   Hovakimyan, Naira ^a,c   Lavretsky, Eugene ^b,c,e  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d 215 Randolph Hall ^*  (United States)

^e Phantom Works   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SPECIFICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERIAL REFUELING; AUTOPILOT DESIGN;

AIRCRAFT FUELING;

EID: 37349120495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-6313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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