Abstract
dc:description.abstract(cont.) multiple Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) demonstrate that the new DMPC algorithm offers significant computational improvement compared to its centralized counterpart. The controllers developed in this thesis are demonstrated throughout in simulated examples related to vehicle control. Also, some of the controllers have been implemented on vehicle testbeds to verify their operation. The tools developed in this thesis improve the applicability of MPC to problems involving uncertainty and high complexity, for example, the control of a team of cooperating UAVs.
Degree
thesis:*- Department dc:contributor.department
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2005
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Richards, Arthur George, 1977-
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Jonathan P. How.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en_US
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28914
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/28914