Optimal and Cooperative Control of Vehicle Formations

J. Alexander Fax
PhD Dissertation

Control of vehicle formations has emerged as a topic of significant

 interest to the controls community. In applications such as microsatellites 
 and underwater vehicles, formations have the potential for greater functionality 
 and versatility than individual vehicles. In this thesis, we investigate two 
 topics relevant to control of vehicle formations: optimal vehicle control and 
 cooperative control.

• Technical

 Report: http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/preprints/fax02-phd.pdf

• Project(s): Template:HTDB funding::AFOSR