Dr David Anderson

Reader (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

telephone: 01413305918
email: Dave.Anderson@glasgow.ac.uk

R721 Level 7, Aerospace Sciences, James Watt Building South, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Research interests

Biography

Dr Anderson was awarded a first class honours degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1994. He then completed his PhD study (thesis entitled “active control of turbulence induced helicopter vibration”), also from Glasgow University in 1997. Following this he was employed as a senior sightline control engineer by SELEX Galileo Sensors & Airborne Systems (then BAE SYSTEMS) in Edinburgh where he designed the precision pointing & stabilisation controllers on a number of airborne electro-optic systems. In 2001 he moved to industrial systems & control to take a position as a principal technical consultant. This role was principally one of technology transfer with Dr Anderson providing research support to the Industrial Control Centre at the University of Strathclyde and then ‘re-interpreting’ these results for industrial clients in the aerospace, defence and automotive sectors. In 2004 he re-joined the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in aerospace systems and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2011.

Research Interests

Dr Anderson has a number of research interests all centred on the general theme of autonomous systems, with particular emphasis on Survivability and Airborne Surveillance (SAS).

Nonlinear Sightline Control. This research topic centres on new methods for pointing & stabilisation, image processing and target tracking for (prediminantly) airborne electro-optic systems.
Multi-Agent, Multi-Resolution Simulation. Development of large-scale, multiple fidelity battlefield simulation for operational analysis through to detailed engineering simulation using a proprietary simulation engine.
Platform Survivability. Integration of sightline and nonlinear flight control techniques for maximising the survivability of rotorcraft to rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack.
Guidance,Navigation & Control. Researching novel algorithms for single and multi-platform GNC. Application areas include robust path planning, swarm control, missile guidance etc.
Rotocraft Simulation. Conventional forward and inverse simulation of rotorcraft.

Expertise

Dr Anderson has significant expertise in the general areas of modelling, simulation and control of complex systems. In particular he has over 15 years experience of writing aircraft flight mechanics codes for both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in both low-level (fortran, C++) and high-level (MATLAB, SIMULINK, Mathcad) API’s. He also has experience in the systems engineering design and modelling of airborne electro-optic systems, radar, inertial navigation systems and integrated control solutions. He also has extensive experience of experimental test and validation of his control codes (C/C++ and LabVIEW) as several of his designs are currently deployed on in-service equipment.

Publications

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Number of items: 51.

2024

Ewers, J.-H. , Swinton, S. , Anderson, D. , McGookin, E. and Thomson, D. (2024) Enhancing Reinforcement Learning in Sensor Fusion: A Comparative Analysis of Cubature and Sampling-based Integration Methods for Rover Search Planning. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 - 18 October 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Ewers, J.-H. , Anderson, D. and Thomson, D. (2023) Optimal path planning using psychological profiling in drone-assisted missing person search. Advanced Control for Applications: Engineering and Industrial Systems, 5(4), e167. (doi: 10.1002/adc2.167)

Ewers, J.-H. , Anderson, D. and Thomson, D. (2023) GIS Data Driven Probability Map Generation for Search and Rescue Using Agents. In: IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 9-14 Jul 2023, pp. 1466-1471. (doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1834)

2022

Gibbs, J. , Anderson, D. , MacDonald, M. and Russell, J. (2022) An Extension to the Frenet-Serret and Bishop Invariant Extended Kalman Filters for Tracking Accelerating Targets. In: 2022 Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD), London, UK, 13-24 Sep 2022, ISBN 9781665483483 (doi: 10.1109/SSPD54131.2022.9896179)

Yuan, Y., Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2022) Faster-than-realtime inverse simulation method for tiltrotor handling qualities investigation. Aerospace Science and Technology, 124, 107516. (doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2022.107516)

Yuan, Y. , Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2022) Aerodynamic uncertainty quantification for tiltrotor aircraft. Aerospace, 9(5), 271. (doi: 10.3390/aerospace9050271)

2021

Yuan, Y. , Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2021) Manoeuvrability Investigation for Tiltrotor Aircraft with an Integrated Simulation Engine. In: 47th European Rotorcraft Forum, 07-09 Sep 2021, p. 17.

Fioranelli, F. , Krasnov, O., Cai, Y., Yarovoy, A., Yun, J. and Anderson, D. (2021) Improving the Simulations of Radar Signatures of Small Drone. In: MSG-SET-183 Specialists' Meeting on Drone Detectability: Modelling the Relevant Signature, 27-29 Apr 2021, ISBN 9789283723578

Yuan, Y. , Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2021) Use of Uncertainty Quantification to Determine the Impact of Manufacturing Error on the Handling Qualities of Tiltrotor Aircraft. In: 77th Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Annual Forum, 10-14 May 2021, pp. 2007-2013. ISBN 9781713830016

2020

Yun, J. , Anderson, D. and Fioranelli, F. (2020) Parametric Investigation on Simulated Staring FMCW Radar for Anti-Drone Swarms. In: 2020 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf20), Florence, Italy, 21-25 Sep 2020, ISBN 9781728189420 (doi: 10.1109/RadarConf2043947.2020.9266354)

Yuan, Y. , Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2020) Application of automatic differentiation for tilt-rotor aircraft flight dynamics analysis. Journal of Aircraft, 57(5), pp. 985-990. (doi: 10.2514/1.C035811)

Brown, A. and Anderson, D. (2020) Trajectory optimization for high-altitude long endurance UAV maritime radar surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 56(3), pp. 2406-2421. (doi: 10.1109/TAES.2019.2949384)

2019

Yuan, Y. , Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2019) Dynamic Performance Investigation for Tilt-Rotor Aircraft. In: Vertical Flight Society 76th Annual Forum & Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, 06-08 Oct 2020,

Patel, J. S. , Al-Ameri, C., Fioranelli, F. and Anderson, D. (2019) Multi-time Frequency Analysis and Classification of a Micro Drone Carrying Payloads using Multistatic Radar. Journal of Engineering, 2019(20), pp. 7047-7051. (doi: 10.1049/joe.2019.0551)

Ireland, M. L. and Anderson, D. (2019) Optimisation of trajectories for wireless power transmission to a quadrotor aerial robot. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 95(2), pp. 567-584. (doi: 10.1007/s10846-018-0824-6)

Brown, A. and Anderson, D. (2019) Imitating Radar Operator Decisions for Maritime Surveillance Missions Using Bayesian Networks. In: 2019 International Radar Conference, Toulon, France, 23-27 Sept 2019, ISBN 9781728126609 (doi: 10.1109/RADAR41533.2019.171229)

Brown, K., Anderson, D. , Watts, C. and Connor, B. (2019) Fusion of Diverse Performance Inertial Sensors for Improved Attitude Estimation Within a Stabilisation Platform for Electro-optic Systems. In: Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXV, Strasbourg, France, 09-12 Sep 2019, p. 1115516. (doi: 10.1117/12.2533060)

2018

Patel, J. S. , Fioranelli, F. and Anderson, D. (2018) Review of radar classification and RCS characterisation techniques for small UAVs or drones. IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 12(9), pp. 911-919. (doi: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2018.0020)

2017

Murray, C. W.A. and Anderson, D. (2017) A CFD based procedure for airspace integration of small unmanned aircraft within congested areas. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 9(4), pp. 235-252. (doi: 10.1177/1756829316669957)

Ferguson, K., Thomson, D. and Anderson, D. (2017) Investigation of a Compound Helicopter Flying the Depart and Abort Mission Task Element. AHS Rotorcraft Handling Qualities Conference, Huntsville, AL, USA, 22-23 Feb 2017.

2015

Ireland, M. L. , Vargas, A. and Anderson, D. (2015) A comparison of closed-loop performance of multirotor configurations using non-linear dynamic inversion control. Aerospace, 2(2), pp. 325-352. (doi: 10.3390/aerospace2020325)

Ireland, M. , Anderson, D. , Thomson, D. , Ferguson, K., Chandran, A. and Ibal, G. (2015) CHOPPA-M: Development, Capabilities & Applications to Helicopter Operations Research. In: American Helicopter Society 71st Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, 5-7 May 2015,

Vargas, A., Ireland, M. and Anderson, D. (2015) System Identification of multi-rotor UAVs using echo state networks. In: AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2015, Atlanta, GA, USA, 4-7 May 2015,

Ferguson, K., Thomson, D. , Anderson, D. , Ireland, M. , Tu, Z., Manso, S., Chandran, A. and Ibal, G. (2015) Comparing the Flight Dynamics Characteristics of Tandem and Conventional Helicopters for the Purposes of Automatic Control. In: 41st European Rotorcraft Forum, Munich, Germany, 01-04 Sep 2015,

Ireland, M. L. and Anderson, D. (2015) An investigation of the effects of model resolution on control of a quadrotor micro air vehicle. International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, 3(1), pp. 17-25. (doi: 10.14323/ijuseng.2015.2)

Vargas, A., Ireland, M. L. and Anderson, D. (2015) Swing-free manoeuvre controller for rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle slung-load system using echo state networks. International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering, 3(1), pp. 26-37. (doi: 10.14323/ijuseng.2015.3)

2014

Ireland, M. and Anderson, D. (2014) An investigation of the effects of model resolution on control of a quadrotor micro air vehicle. In: 1st World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering, Oxford, UK, 29 Jul - 01 Aug 2014,

Vargas, A., Ireland, M. and Anderson, D. (2014) Swing free manoeuvre controller for RUAS slung-load system using ESN. In: 1st World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering, Oxford, UK, 29 Jul-01 Aug 2014,

Murray, C.W.A., Ireland, M. and Anderson, D. (2014) On the response of an autonomous quadrotor operating in a turbulent urban environment. In: AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 12-15 May 2014,

Anderson, D. and Thomson, D. (2014) Analyzing helicopter evasive maneuver effectiveness against rocket-propelled grenades. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 37(1), pp. 277-289. (doi: 10.2514/1.59318)

2012

Ireland, M. and Anderson, D. (2012) Development of Navigation Algorithms for Nap-of-the-Earth UAV Flight in a Constrained Urban Environment. In: ICAS 2012 - 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia, 23rd - 28th September 2012, ISBN 9780956533319

Bagiev, M., Thomson, D.G. , Anderson, D. and Murray-Smith, D. (2012) Predictive inverse simulation of helicopters in aggressive manoeuvring flight. Aeronautical Journal, 116(1175), pp. 87-98. (doi: 10.1017/S0001924000006631)

2011

Anderson, D. (2011) Evolutionary algorithms in airborne surveillance systems: image enhancement via optimal sightline control. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 225(10), pp. 1097-1108. (doi: 10.1177/0954410011413014)

Hall, J. and Anderson, D. (2011) Reactive route selection from pre-calculated trajectories - application to micro-UAV path planning. Aeronautical Journal, 115(1172), pp. 635-640.

2010

Anderson, D. (2010) Evolutionary optimization for tuning nonlinear airborne sightline controllers using an image-based quality metric. In: SPIE Defence, Security & Sensing Conference, Orlando, USA, 5-9 Apr 2010, p. 769618. (doi: 10.1117/12.849524)

Anderson, D. and Thomson, D. (2010) Simulating effectiveness of helicopter evasive manoeuvres to RPG attack. In: SPIE Defence, Security & Sensing Conference Paper Number 77050N, Orlando, USA, 5-9 April 2010, (doi: 10.1117/12.849520)

Savvidis, P., Anderson, D. and Grimble, M.; (2010) Application of nonlinear generalised minimum variance to the nadir problem in 2-axis gimbal pointing and stabilization. In: SPIE Defence, Security & Sensing Conference, Orlando, USA, 5-9 Apr 2010, 76961I. (doi: 10.1117/12.849523)

2009

Anderson, D. and Thomson, D.G. (2009) Improving rotorcraft survivability to RPG attack using inverse methods. Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7483, 74830M. (doi: 10.1117/12.832298)

Anderson, D. , McGookin, M. and Brignall, N. (2009) Fast model predictive control of the nadir singularity in electro-optic systems. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(2), pp. 626-632. (doi: 10.2514/1.30762)

Anderson, D. and Carson, K. (2009) Integrated variable-fidelity modeling for remote sensing system design. Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7483, 74830O. (doi: 10.1117/12.832633)

2008

McGookin, M., Anderson, D. and McGookin, E. (2008) Application of MPC and sliding mode control to IFAC benchmark models. In: UKACC International Conference on Control 2008, Manchester, UK, 2-4 Sept 2008,

2007

Anderson, D., McDonald, M., Ingleby, P. and Brignall, N. (2007) Sightline jitter minimisation and shaping using nonlinear friction compensation. International Journal of Optomechatronics, 1(3), pp. 259-283. (doi: 10.1080/15599610701548837)

Anderson, D. (2007) Multirate and nonlinear controllers for low-cost laser tracking systems. In: 17th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Toulouse, France, June 2007,

Bagiev, M., Thomson, D.G. , Anderson, D. and Murray-Smith, D. (2007) Adding realism to inverse simulation of helicopters in aggressive maneuvering flight using a receding horizon approach. In: 63rd Annual Forum of the American Helicopter Society, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA, 1-3 May 2007,

Bagiev, M., Thomson, D.G. , Anderson, D. and Murray-Smith, D. (2007) Hybrid inverse methods for helicopters in aggressive manoeuvring flight. In: 17th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Toulouse, France, June 2007,

2003

Anderson, D. (2003) Modification of a generalised inverse simulation technique for rotorcraft flight. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 217(2), pp. 61-74. (doi: 10.1243/095441003765208727)

Anderson, D. (2003) Helicopter vibration induced by highly structured turbulence. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 48, pp. 244-252.

Anderson, D. (2003) Application of H Control to a Variable Resonance Stabilisation Mechanism. In: European Control Conference ECC 2003, Cambridge, England,

Anderson, D. and Brignall, N. (2003) Application of H control to a variable resonance stabilisation mechanism. In: European Control Conference ECC 2003, Cambridge, England, 1-4 Sept 2003,

Youssef, A., Grimble, M., Ordys, A., Dutka, A. and Anderson, D. (2003) Robust nonlinear predictive flight control. In: European Control Conference ECC 2003, Cambridge, England, 1-4 Sept 2003,

1995

Anderson, D. (1995) Simulation of Helicopter Manoeuvres Using an Individual Blade Rotor Model. Internal report no 9514. [Research Reports or Papers]

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