Post-optimality evaluation and analysis of a formation flying problem via a gauss pseudospectral method

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 123 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1359-1377

  Huntington, Geoffrey T ^a,b,c   Benson, David A ^a,b   Rao, Anil V ^d  

^a Draper Laboratory   (United States)

^b Guidance and Navigation Division

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION FLYING PROBLEM; GAUSS PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; POST OPTIMALITY EVALUATION; SPACECRAFT ORBIT INSERTION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); HAMILTONIANS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 33749356795     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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