Virtual Spring-Damper Mesh-Based Formation Control for Spacecraft Swarms in Potential Fields

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No AccessEngineering NoteVirtual Spring-Damper Mesh-Based Formation Control for Spacecraft Swarms in Potential FieldsQifeng Chen, Sandor M. Veres, Yaonan Wang and Yunhe MengQifeng ChenSchool of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Central South University, 410083 Hunan, People's Republic of China, Sandor M. VeresDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England S1 3JD, United Kingdom, Yaonan WangCollege of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, 410082 Hunan, People's Republic of China and Yunhe MengCollege of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, 410073 Hunan, People's Republic of ChinaPublished Online:24 Feb 2015https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G000569SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations About References [1] Mesbahi M. and Egerstedt M., Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010, pp. 23–27, 78–80, 117–126. 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