Cooperative control of unmanned vehicles in a time-varying flowfield

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Peterson, Cameron ^a,b   Paley, Derek A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; FLOW FIELDS; MANEUVERABILITY;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; CONSTANT SPEED; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; FORMATION TRACKING; MANEUVERING TARGETS; PARTICLE MODEL; STEERING CONTROL;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 78049269057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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