Optimal path planning of a target-following fixed-wing UAV using sequential decision processes

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2955-2962

  Baek, Stanley S ^a   Kwon, Hyukseong ^a   Yoder, Josiah A ^a   Pack, Daniel ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; HOVERING CAPABILITY; LOCATION UNCERTAINTY; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; OPTIMAL PATH PLANNING; POLICY ITERATION ALGORITHMS; REGION OF INTEREST; SEQUENTIAL DECISION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; TARGET TRACKING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84893754756     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6696775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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