A computationally non-expensive guidance algorithm for fuel efficient soft landing

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 4532-4546

  Najson, Federico ^a   Mease, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

COMPUTATIONALLY NON-EXPENSIVE ALGORITHM; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; GUIDANCE ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; SOFT LANDING;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 29744433828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-6289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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