Optimal path planning and control of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles in urban environments

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International - Unmanned Systems North America Conference 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 96-109

  Bollino, Kevin P ^a   Lewis, L Ryan ^a  

^a Naval Postgraduate School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMAND AND CONTROL; MANEUVER PARAMETER; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMAL ARCHITECTURE; OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL TECHNIQUE; OPTIMAL PATH PLANNING; PATH CONSTRAINT; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY; TACTICAL MISSIONS; TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

OPTIMIZATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 70449094592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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