Online estimation of implement dynamics for adaptive steering control of farm tractors

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-440

  Gartley, Evan ^a   Bevly, David M ^b  

^a Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Extended Kalman filters (EKFs); Ground vehicle control; Online estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749108409     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.2001692     Document Type: Article

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