Probabilistic safety assessment of unmanned aerial system operations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 610-616

  Lee, Hak Tae ^a,c   Meyn, Larry A ^b,d   Kim, Soyoung ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MS 210 8   (United States)

^d Systems Modeling and Optimization Branch   (United States)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ANTENNAS;

COLLISION MITIGATION; GENERAL AVIATION; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; POTENTIAL MISSIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875715393     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.57572     Document Type: Article

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