Flight testing a real-time direct collocation path planner

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1575-1586

  Geiger, Brian R ^a   Horn, Joseph F ^a   Sinsley, Gregory L ^a   Ross, James A ^a   Long, Lyle N ^a   Niessner, Albert F ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS; FLIGHT PATHS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIDEO CAMERAS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; MANNED AIRCRAFT; MISSION CONSTRAINTS; MOVING TARGETS; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHM; PIECEWISE POLYNOMIALS; SPACE VEHICLES; STATIONARY GROUND TARGETS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 57149131057     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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