Automated generation of realistic near-optimal aircraft trajectories

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 674-688

  Karelahti, Janne ^a,c,d   Virtanen, Kai ^a,c   Öström, John ^b,d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Systems Analysis Laboratory   (Finland)

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TRAJECTORIES;

INVERSE SIMULATION; INVERSE-SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; NEAR-OPTIMAL TRAJECTORY;

AIRCRAFT MODELS;

EID: 44649175724     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.31159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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