New Methods for Analysis of the Performance of Guidance and Control Systems.

Abstract

The investigation has continued in the use of information theory and in particular rate distortion theory to derive useable upper and lower bounds on the expected loss for the nonlinear filtering problem. A new design criterion has been derived which leads to effective designs of large systems when the entire state is not available for feedback control. Preliminary results have been obtained on the problem of absolute phase demodulation. New results which evaluate the information loss which results from use of the classical phase lock loop instead of the optimal demodulator, have been obtained and are being investigated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078534

Entities

People

  • Richard S. Bucy

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Attack Helicopters
  • California
  • Control Systems
  • Demodulation
  • Demodulators
  • Distortion
  • Engineering
  • Feedback
  • Filtration
  • Guidance
  • Helicopters
  • Information Science
  • Information Theory

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