Trajectory Estimation for Transportation Systems: Aircraft Tracking Applications

In this paper the dynamic of an aircraft was modeled based on a discrete-time stochastic linear hybrid system - its modes corresponding to various flight modes of the aircraft. A predictive control model was designed based on the industrial control predictive model (MPC - Model Predictive Control). The interface of the simulator dedicated to estimate the trajectory was created in LabVIEW. As a result, the present work proposes a predictive controller with an internal model to be used with the purpose of predicting the behavior correlated with the assumed entry. Furthermore, an application for the control of unstable helicopters was created in Matlab.