State estimation of a nonlinear unmanned aerial vehicle model using an Extended Kalman Filter

15th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grillo, Caterina ^a   Vitrano, Francesco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DATA SENSORS; AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT FLYING; CONTROL PURPOSE; DUAL RATES; JOINT ESTIMATION; LOW COSTS; LOW RATES; NON-LINEAR MODEL; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STATE RECONSTRUCTION; STATE VARIABLES; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

AIRCRAFT MODELS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; POSITION CONTROL; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SENSORS; STATE ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 77950485970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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