A simple technique for low-thrust high-accuracy trajectory optimization

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 124 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 761-778

  Ross, I Michael ^a,b   Gong, Qi ^a   Sekhavat, Pooya ^a  

^a Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELLMAN'S PRINCIPLE; ON BOARD COMPUTER SPACE GUIDANCE; SUBOPTIMALITY; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 34247115121     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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