Shrinking Horizon Model Predictive Control Method for Helicopter–Ship Touchdown

A model predictive control (MPC) framework with a fixed maneuver horizon and shrinking prediction and control horizons is presented that, at each time step, minimizes the most accurate prediction o...

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