Flight results of the NF-15B Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) aircraft with adaptation to a longitudinally destabilized plant

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bosworth, John T ^a,b  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MS 4840D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ADAPTATION SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM; CLOSED-LOOP BEHAVIOR; DYNAMIC INVERSION; FLIGHT EVALUATION; FLIGHT TEST; INTELLIGENT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NEURAL NETWORK ADAPTATION; NON-ADAPTIVE SYSTEM; PLANT STABILITY; REFERENCE MODELS; SIMULATION PREDICTION; SYSTEM FAILURES; VEHICLE STABILITY;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROL THEORY; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL; MODELS; NASA; NAVIGATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; REMOTE CONTROL;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953746466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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