Cooperative source seeking and contour mapping of a diffusive signal field by formations of multiple UAVs

2013 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2013 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 35-40

  Han, Jinlu ^a   Chen, Yangquan ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS PROBLEMS; CONTOUR MAPPING; FORMATION CONTROL; FORMATION FLIGHT; MULTIPLE UAVS; SIGNAL FIELDS; SIGNAL SOURCE;

ALGORITHMS; CONFORMAL MAPPING;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84883117598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS.2013.6564671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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