Non-Iterative nonlinear model predictive approach applied to the control of helicopters' group formation

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 749-757

  Saffarian, M ^a   Fahimi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomous helicopter; Formation control; Model predictive control; Nonlinear model

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTER; BOUNDED PARAMETERS; CONTINUATION METHODS; CONTROL ACTIONS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS; EMBEDDED COMPUTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; FLOATING-POINT OPERATIONS; FORMATION CONTROL; FORMATION PARAMETERS; GROUP FORMATIONS; LEADER FOLLOWERS; NON-ITERATIVE; NON-LINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLS; NONLINEAR MODEL;

CONTROLLERS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; HELICOPTERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 67349109854     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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