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Investigation of Alternative Parameters for Immunity-based UAV Navigation in GNSS-denied Environment

Mohanad Alnuaimi

DRS Land Systems, St. Louis, MO, USA

E-mail Address: Mario.Perhinschi@mail.wvu.edu

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Mario G. Perhinschi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2301385021500059Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

This paper is focused on analyzing effects of several significant parameters on the performance of an immunity-inspired methodology for autonomous navigation of unmanned air vehicles when measurements from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) or similar current sources, including external information of opportunity, are not available. An artificial immune system (AIS) provides corrections to a dead reckoning algorithm for adequate estimates of vehicle position and velocity. Parameter effects are assessed and analyzed through simulation in terms of trajectory tracking errors during autonomous flight.

This paper was recommended for publication in its revised form by editorial board member, Jianan Wang.

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