Rule-based guidance for flight vehicle flocking

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-124

  Crowther, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight vehicles; Flocking; Rule based guidance

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; BANDWIDTH; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ENTROPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SATELLITES; VECTORS; VEHICLES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLIGHT VEHICLES; FLOCKING; RULE-BASED GUIDANCE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 8644248993     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410041322005     Document Type: Article

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