Gradient-based cluster space navigation for autonomous surface vessels

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 506-518

  Adamek, Thomas ^a   Kitts, Christopher A ^a   Mas, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptive navigation; autonomous surface vessel; cluster space control; gradient based navigation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VESSELS; CLUSTER SPACES; GRADIENT BASED;

EID: 84908463730     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2013.2297152     Document Type: Article

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