Addressing uncertainty in UAV navigation decision-making

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 295-313

  Shem, Andrew G ^a   Mazzuchi, Thomas A ^b   Sarkani, Shahram ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION; TARGET TRACKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION APPROACH; PROBABILISTIC MAPS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 44649127952     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2008.4517005     Document Type: Article

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