Collocation versus differential inclusion in direct optimization

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 780-785

  Conway, B A ^a,b   Larson, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTEGRATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EULER'S RULE; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032162679     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4306     Document Type: Article

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