Research

UAV engagement

Areas of interest

  • Path planning, and Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of autonomous/unmanned vehicles
  • Pursuit-Evasion strategies
  • Co-ordinated multi-agent swarm missions
  • Guidance for spacecraft applications
    • Retro-PN Salvo APPN Impact angle

    Publications

    Journal Publications

    1. S. Ghosh, O. Yakimenko, D.T. Davis, and T.H. Chung, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Guidance for an All-Aspect Approach to a Stationary Point", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 40(11), pp. 2871-2888, November 2017.(link)
    2. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Unified Time-to-Go Algorithms for Proportional Navigation Class of Guidance", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 39(6), pp. 1188-1205, June 2016. (link)
    3. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Composite Guidance for Impact Angle Control Against Higher Speed Targets", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 39(1), pp. 98-117, January 2016. (link)
    4. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Capturability of Augmented Pure Proportional Navigation Guidance against Time-varying Target Maneuvers", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 37(5), pp. 1446-1461, September-October 2014.(link)
    5. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Capturability Analysis of a 3-D Retro-PN Guidance Law for Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 22(5), pp. 1864-1873, September-October 2014.(link)
    6. S. Ghosh, and S.K. Majumdar, "Reliability Modeling and Prediction using Classical and Bayesian Approach – A Case Study", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, vol. 28(5), pp. 556-586, September-October 2011.(link)
    7. S. Ghosh, and S.K. Majumdar, "Portfolio Selection Models and Their Discrimination", International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems,, vol. 2(2), pp. 65-91, April-June 2011.(link)

    Refereed Conference Publications

    1. S. Modali, S. Ghosh, and P.B. Sujit, "Sliding Mode-Based Guidance for UAV Landing on a Stationary or Moving Ground Vehicle", Accepted for IFAC Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, Chennai, India, February 2020.
    2. V. Zinage, and S. Ghosh, “Generalized Shape Expansion-Based Motion Planning for UAVs in Three Dimensional Obstacle-cluttered Environment”, in Proceedings of AIAA SciTech Forum (GNC), Orlando FL, January 2020. (link)
    3. A. Mishra, and S. Ghosh, “An Intelligent Control of Quadcopter for Efficient Path Following”, Accepted for 6th Indian Control Conference, Hyderabad, India, December 2019.
    4. U. Ramakrishnan, and S. Ghosh, “Collaborative Maxima-Turn-Switching for Source Seeking in 2-D Environment with Two Sensor-Equipped UAVs Presentation”, Accepted for 6th Indian Control Conference, Hyderabad, India, December 2019.
    5. U. Ramakrishnan, and S. Ghosh, “Maxima-Turn-Switching Strategy of Sensor-Equipped UAVs for Target Localization in 2-D and 3-D Environments”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2019. (link)
    6. K.C. Behera, Akash K.S., S. Ahamed, and S. Ghosh, “Proportional Navigation-Benchmarked Guidance Strategy Using Artificial Neural Networks”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2019. (link)
    7. V. Zinage, and S. Ghosh, “An Efficient Motion Planning Algorithm for UAVs in Obstacle-Cluttered Environment”, in Proceedings of American Control Conference, Philadelphia PA, pp. 2271 - 2276, July 2019. (link)
    8. K.R. Chandra, and S. Ghosh, “Hu-Moment-Based Autonomous Landing of a UAV on a Hemispherical Dome”, in Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Atlanta GA, pp. 19 - 25, June 2019. (link)
    9. S. Ghosh, "A Study on Effects of Delayed Initiation of Interceptor Maneuver", in Proceedings of Indian Control Conference, New Delhi, India, pp. 295 - 300, Jan 2019. (link)
    10. S. Ghosh, D.T. Davis, T.H. Chung, and O.A. Yakimenko, "Development and Testing of the Intercept Primitives for Planar UAV Engagement", in Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Miami, FL, pp. 286-293, June 2017.(link)
    11. H.A. See, S. Ghosh, and O.A. Yakimenko, "Towards the Development of an Autonomous Interdiction Capability for Unmanned Aerial Systems", in Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Miami, FL, pp. 1378-1384, June 2017.(link)
    12. S. Ghosh, D.T. Davis, and T.H. Chung, "A Guidance Law for Avoiding Specific Approach Angles against Maneuvering Targets", in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, pp. 4142-4147, December 2016.(link)
    13. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Retro-PN Based Simultaneous Salvo Attack against Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets", in Proceedings of IFAC Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, vol. 3(1), Kanpur, India, pp. 34-40, March 2014.(link)
    14. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, “Three Dimensional Retro-PN Based Impact Time Control for Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets”, in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, pp. 4865–4870, December 2013.(link)
    15. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, “Three dimensional PN based impact angle control for higher speed nonmaneuvering targets”, in Proceedings of American Control Conference, Washington DC, pp. 31–36, June 2013.(link)
    16. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, “Capturability of Augmented Proportional Navigation (APN) Guidance with Nonlinear Engagement Dynamics”, in Proceedings of American Control Conference, Washington DC, pp. 7–12, June 2013.(link)
    17. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "A New Time-to-go Estimation Algorithm for High Heading Error Geometry", in Proceedings of Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, Bangalore, India, February 2012.
    18. S. Ghosh, D. Ghose, and S. Raha, "Analysis of a retro-PN guidance law", in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, pp. 8100-8105, December 2011.(link)

    Refereed Book Chapters

    1. S. Ghosh, S. Roy, and A. K. Chakraborty, "Determining Optimum Software Release Time with Euler Distribution as a Prior for the Number of Undiscovered Bugs", Quality and Reliability Engineering: Recent Trends and Future Directions, SQC&OR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., pp. 302-312, 2013.(link)
    2. S. Ghosh, and S.K. Majumdar, "Portfolio Selection Models and Their Discrimination", Optimizing, Innovating and Capitalizing on Information Systems for Operations, IGI-Global, pp. 170-195, 2013. (link)