Decentralized controllers for unmanned aerial vehicle formation flight

1996 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-10

  Wolfe, J D ^a   Chichka, D F ^a   Speyer, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CONTROLLERS; EFFICIENCY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONTROL PROBLEMS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLER; FORMATION FLIGHT; LINEAR MODELING; LINEAR SIMULATION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VORTEX LATTICE AERODYNAMICS;

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL;

EID: 70349425172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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