Stochastic dynamic programming for uncertainty handling in UAV operations

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1079-1084

  Girard, Anouck R ^a   Dharba, Swaroop ^b,c   Pachter, Meir ^d   Chandler, Phillip R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Wright Patterson Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACTION MODELING; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING (SDP); STOCHASTIC NATURE; UNCERTAINTY HANDLING;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 46449127195     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2007.4282950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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