Paper: | SAM-P6.8 |
Session: | Applications of Multichannel Signal Processing |
Time: | Friday, May 19, 16:30 - 18:30 |
Presentation: |
Poster
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Topic: |
Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing: Source localization, separation, classification, and tracking |
Title: |
A NON-SEARCH OPTIMAL CONTROL SOLUTION FOR A TEAM OF MUAVS IN A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION |
Authors: |
David W. Casbeer, Pengcheng Zhan, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Brigham Young University, United States |
Abstract: |
We consider a team of miniature unmanned air vehicles (MUAVs) in a multi-static radar scenario. Time delay and Doppler measurements made at the UAVs are transmitted to a base station which is tracking a target. The base then transmits heading commands to the MUAVs to reduce the tracking error. Optimal solutions that attempt to minimize a function of the error covariance or maximize the observability of the system are omputationally difficult to implement. We present a simpler approximate method that yields a closed-form solution and performs comparably to the optimal approaches. |