A gain-scheduling approach for airship path-tracking

ICINCO 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Proceedings

Volumn RA, Issue , 2006, Pages 82-88

  Moutinho, Alexandra ^a   Azinheira, Joséraul ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Airship; Gain scheduling; Optimal control; Path tracking; UAV

Indexed keywords

3D TURBULENT; AIR VELOCITIES; CONTROL LAWS; ENTIRE FLIGHT ENVELOPE; GAIN SCHEDULING; LATERAL MOTION; LINEAR MODEL; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLLER; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PATH TRACKING; REFERENCE PATH; SINGLE CONTROLLERS; WIND INPUT;

AIRSHIPS; CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; FLIGHT PATHS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; SCHEDULING; WIND EFFECTS;

LONGITUDINAL CONTROL;

EID: 77954053103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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