Tight formation control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles through an adaptive control method

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This work was supported partially by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61503185) and Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems of China (Grant No. BUAA-VR-15KF-11).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

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  2. College of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Yin Wang

  3. College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Daobo Wang

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Wang, Y., Wang, D. Tight formation control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles through an adaptive control method. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 60, 070207 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-016-9092-y

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