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Nonlinear Flight Control Using Neural Networks and Feedback Linearization
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Nonlinear Flight Control Using Neural Networks and Feedback Linearization

Byoung Soo Kim, A.J Calise and M Kam
Proceedings. The First IEEE Regional Conference on Aerospace Control Systems
1993

Abstract

Aerodynamics Aerospace control Aircraft Control system synthesis Neural networks Neurofeedback Nonlinear control systems Nonlinear systems Processor scheduling Vehicle dynamics
Aircraft dynamics are in general nonlinear, time-varying, and may be highly uncertain. Current-generation controllers rely on approximate linearized models of the aircraft and use gain scheduling to accommodate changes in vehicle dynamics as the flight regime varies. The techniques of feedback linearization provide a means of developing invariant controllers that give a desired response in all flight modes. However, the implementation of these techniques involves intensive online computations. The structure imposed by feedback linearization proves an ideal setting for introducing neural networks to the flight-control loop. In this paper, a structure for the use of neural networks to represent the nonlinear inverse transformations needed for feedback linearization is proposed and evaluated. In order to compensate for unmodeled nonlinearities and parameter drifg a second network is introduced which permits online learning. In addition, the paper addresses the robust stability problem in the context of neural-network representation error.

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