Fuel-optimal trajectory generation for persistent contrail mitigation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1741-1750

  Campbell, Scot E ^a,b   Bragg, Michael B ^a   Neogi, Natasha A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; FUELS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MOTION PLANNING; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CONTRAIL FORMATION; FUEL-OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RECEDING-HORIZON FRAMEWORKS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84893516445     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.55969     Document Type: Article

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