Damage-mitigating control of a reusable rocket engine: Part II-formulation of an optimal policy

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-415

  Dai, Xiaowen ^a   Ray, Asok ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 13544252120     PISSN: 00220434     EISSN: 15289028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2801160     Document Type: Article

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