An optimal timing approach to controlling multiple UAVs

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5374-5379

  Ding, X C ^a   Powers, M ^a   Egerstedt, M ^b   Young, R ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c ROCKWELL COLLINS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; BEST CHOICE; COORDINATED BEHAVIOR; CURRENT SITUATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; LEADER-FOLLOWER; MULTIPLE UAVS; ON-LINE ESTIMATES; OPERATOR CONTROL; OPTIMAL TIMING; OPTIMAL TIMING CONTROL; RECEDING HORIZON;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TIME MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 70449627763     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2009.5159857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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