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Authors
Andrievsky, Boris; Fradkov, Alexander L.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3182/20100826-3-TR-4015.00016

Page Numbers:
72-76

Index Terms
formation flight control,position estimation,communication network,information capacity

Abstract
We propose the data processing algorithm based on adaptive coding procedure for sample data, measured by binary sensors of individual UAVs in the formation. The numerical example of following in the wake UAVs is presented, demonstrating applicability of the proposed scheme.

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