A comparison of steepest-ascent and second variational techniques in solving a restricted class of trajectory optimization problems.

Two feedback control schemes which maximize a terminal quantity while satisfying specified terminal conditions are discussed and compared. The schemes are "based on a linear perturbation from a nominal non-optimal path which does not, in general, satisfy the terminal conditions. The methods...

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Main Author: Luders, Ernest Celestino
Other Authors: Lange, Benjamin O.
Language:en_US
Published: Stanford University 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9464

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