Optimal trajectories for spacecraft rendezvous

DOI10.1007/s10957-007-9166-4zbMath1176.70036MaRDI QIDQ946319

M. W. Weeks, M. Ciarcià, Angelo Miele

Publication date: 23 September 2008

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-007-9166-4

zbMATH Keywords

optimal control; calculus of variations; rendezvous; space trajectories; Bolza problems; Mayer problems; sequential gradient-restoration algorithm; transformation techniques

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49N90: Applications of optimal control and differential games

70Q05: Control of mechanical systems

70M20: Orbital mechanics

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