Determining if two solid ellipsoids intersect

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-110

  Alfano, Salvatore ^a   Greer, Meredith L ^b,c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; SOLID ELLIPSOIDS; SPACE OBJECT;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037262579     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5020     Document Type: Article

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4. Chan, K., "A Simple Mathematical Approach for Determining Intersection of Quadratic Surfaces," American Astronautical Society, AAS Paper 01-358, July-Aug. 2001.