Control design for unmanned aerial vehicle swarming

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-567

  Ilaya, O ^c   Bil, C ^a   Evans, M ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Control system design; Issues and challenges; Swarming

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLES;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; APPLIED (CO); CONTROL DESIGNS; COOPERATIVE CONTROLS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MULTI VEHICLE SYSTEMS; MULTI VEHICLES; MULTI-VEHICLE CONTROL; NETWORK CONTROLLED; SOCIAL INSECTS; SUB-PROBLEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV)];

MILITARY DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 46749111420     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO230     Document Type: Article

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