Identification of the optimal switching structure for range-optimal atmospheri flight trajectories

Optimal Control Applications and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-177

  Seywald, Hans ^a  

^a ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential inclusion approach; Direct optimization; Identification of switching structure; Pontryagin minimum principle

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMAL SWITCHING STRUCTURE; PONTRYAGIN MINIMUM PRINCIPLE; RANGE-OPTIMAL ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT TRAJECTORIES; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION VIA DIFFERENTIAL INCLUSION (TODI);

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 0031143679     PISSN: 01432087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1514(199705/06)18:3<159::aid-oca596>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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