Neural network-based trajectory optimization for unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 548-562

  Horn, Joseph F ^a   Schmidt, Eric M ^a,c   Geiger, Brian R ^b   DeAngelo, Mark P ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Piasecki Aircraft Corporation   (United States)

^c NUMERICA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CAMERAS; TRAJECTORIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACCURATE COMPUTATIONS; ANALYTICAL GRADIENTS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONSTRAINED TRAJECTORIES; NEURAL NETWORK APPROXIMATION; NEURAL NETWORK METHOD; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84860377379     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.53889     Document Type: Article

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