Distributed control for multiple UAVs with strongly coupled tasks

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Chandler, Phillip R ^a   Pachter, Meir ^b   Rasmussen, Steven R ^c   Schumacher, Corey ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Veridian Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING;

COMMUNICATION COST; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; TIMING CONSTRAINTS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 85086618523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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