Coordinated perimeter patrol with minimum-time alert response

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Paley, Derek A ^a,c   Techy, Laszlo ^b,c   Woolsey, Craig A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CONSTANT SPEED; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; COVERAGE GAPS; DECENTRALIZED FEEDBACK; DOWNWARD LOOKING; HUMAN INTERVENTION; SPACE AND TIME; STEERING CONTROL;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 78049295207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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