Comparison of autonomous aerial refueling controllers using reduced order models

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Murillo Jr , Oscar J ^a,b   Lu, Ping ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 2271 Howe Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR REFUELING; ANTENNAS; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION;

AERIAL REFUELING; AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; LINEARIZED MODELS; LOOP-SHAPING; MIXED SENSITIVITY; MODEL FOLLOWING CONTROLLER; REDUCED ORDER MODELS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 78651080640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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