Existence and multiple solutions of the minimum-fuel orbit transfer problem

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-262

  Oberle, H J ^a   Taubert, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control constraints; Existence of optimal control; Minimum principle; Multiple solutions; Numerical method; Orbit transfer

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

CONTROL CONSTRAINT; EARTH ORBITS; EXISTENCE OF OPTIMAL CONTROL; MINIMUM PRINCIPLES; MULTIPLE-SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; ORBIT TRANSFER; SUB-ARC; TRANSFER TIME;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031519672     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022627003404     Document Type: Article

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