The design of a navigation, guidance, and control system for an unmanned surface vehicle for environmental monitoring

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-79

  Naeem, W ^a,b   Xu, T ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Tiano, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guidance and control; Linear quadratic gaussian; Multi sensor data fusion; Navigation; Pollutant tracking; Unmanned surface vehicle

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DATA FUSION; DETECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; NAVIGATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SENSORS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; VEHICLES; CONTROLLERS; POLLUTION;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAULT-TOLERANT; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN (LQG) CONTROLLERS; MULTI SENSOR DATA FUSION; NAVIGATIONAL SENSORS; SPEED CONTROLLERS; UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE (USV);

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDANCE AND CONTROL; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN CONTROLLERS; MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION; NAVIGATIONAL SENSORS; UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES;

EID: 47249163333     PISSN: 14750902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/14750902JEME80     Document Type: Article

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