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Derek R. Nelson

Also published under: D. R. Nelson, D. B. Nelson

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3
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968
Publications by Year
20062007
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Derek R. Nelson

Also published under: D. R. Nelson, D. B. Nelson

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Unmanned Systems Division
Northrop Grumman Corporation
San Diego, CA, USA

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Derek R. Nelson received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, in 2004 and 2005, respectively, both in mechanical engineering.,He is currently a Guidance and Controls Engineer working on the Global Hawk Program at Northrop Grumman Corporation, San Diego, CA. At BYU, he was involved with UAV research, focusing on path following and cooperative control algorithms.(Based on document published on 25 June 2007).
Publications
3
Citations
968
Publications by Year
20062007
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Vector Field Path Following for Miniature Air Vehicles

Derek R. Nelson;D. Blake Barber;Timothy W. McLain;Randal W. Beard

IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Year: 2007 | Volume: 23, Issue: 3 | Journal Article |
In this paper, a method for accurate path following for miniature air vehicles is developed. The method is based on the notion of vector fields, which are used to generate desired course inputs to inner-loop attitude control laws. Vector-field path-following control laws are developed for straight-line paths and circular arcs and orbits. Lyapunov stability arguments are used to demonstrate asympto...Show More

Vector Field Path Following for Miniature Air Vehicles

Derek R. Nelson;D. Blake Barber;Timothy W. McLain;Randal W. Beard

Year: 2007 | Volume: 23, Issue: 3 | Journal Article |

Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs

R.W. Beard;T.W. McLain;D.B. Nelson;D. Kingston;D. Johanson

Proceedings of the IEEE
Year: 2006 | Volume: 94, Issue: 7 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (364)
Numerous applications require aerial surveillance. Civilian applications include monitoring forest fires, oil fields, and pipelines and tracking wildlife. Applications to homeland security include border patrol and monitoring the perimeter of nuclear power plants. Military applications are numerous. The current approach to these applications is to use a single manned vehicle for surveillance. Howe...Show More

Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs

R.W. Beard;T.W. McLain;D.B. Nelson;D. Kingston;D. Johanson

Year: 2006 | Volume: 94, Issue: 7 | Journal Article |

Vector field path following for small unmanned air vehicles

D.R. Nelson;D.B. Barber;T.W. McLain;R.W. Beard

2006 American Control Conference
Year: 2006 | Conference Paper |
This paper presents a new method for unmanned aerial vehicle path following using vector fields to represent desired ground track headings to direct the vehicle onto the desired path. The key feature of this approach is that ground track heading error and lateral following error approach zero asymptotically even in the presence of constant wind disturbances. Methods for following straight-line and...Show More

Vector field path following for small unmanned air vehicles

D.R. Nelson;D.B. Barber;T.W. McLain;R.W. Beard

Year: 2006 | Conference Paper |

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