Active sensing by unmanned aircraft systems in realistic communication environments

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 62-67

  Frew, Eric W ^a   Dixon, Cory ^a   Elston, Jack ^a   Stachura, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Extremum seeking; Information theory; Stochastic approximation; Unmanned aircraft systems

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTROL THEORY; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; INFORMATION THEORY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACTIVE SENSING; COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS; EXTENDED INFORMATION FILTER; EXTREMUM SEEKING; PACKET ERASURE CHANNELS; RADIO MODEL; REALISTIC COMMUNICATION; SHANNON CAPACITY; STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATIONS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 80051529357     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20091006-3-us-4006.00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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