Robust and automated space system design

Robust Intelligent Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 251-271

  Fuchs, Martin ^a,b   Girimonte, Daniela ^b   Izzo, Dario ^b   Neumaier, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58149133872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-261-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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