Nonlinear control for reconfiguration of UAV formation

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Venkataramanan, Sriram ^a   Dogan, Atilla ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANTENNAS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CONTROLLERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION; STATE FEEDBACK; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND EFFECTS;

AERODYNAMIC COUPLINGS; AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; FORMATION FLIGHT; INTEGRAL CONTROL; NON LINEAR CONTROL; NON-LINEAR CONTROLLERS; NONLINEAR STATE FEEDBACKS; POSITION TRACKING CONTROLLERS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 85088721508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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