Optimal feedback control: Foundations, examples, and experimental results for a new approach

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-321

  Ross, I Michael ^a,c   Sekhavat, Pooya ^a,c   Fleming, Andrew ^b,c   Gong, Qi ^a,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACECRAFT; THEOREM PROVING;

CONTROL APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; NONSMOOTH CONTROLS; OPTIMAL FEEDBACK CONTROL;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 44649102644     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.29532     Document Type: Article

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