Direct trajectory optimization and costate estimation via an orthogonal collocation method

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1435-1440

  Benson, David A ^a,b   Huntington, Geoffrey T ^a,b,c   Thorvaldsen, Tom P ^a,d   Rao, Anil V ^a,e  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Draper Laboratory   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Tactical ISR Division

^e and Control Systems Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COSTATE ESTIMATION; ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION METHOD; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 33845488897     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20478     Document Type: Article

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