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A very fast numerical method is developed for the computation of neighboring optimum feedback controls. This method is applicable to a general class of optimal control problems (for example, problems including inequality constraints and discontinuities) and needs no on-line computation, except for one matrix-vector multiplication. The method is based on the so-called accessory minimum problem. The necessary conditions for this auxiliary optimal control problem form a linear multipoint boundary-value problem with linear jump conditions, which is especially well suited for numerical treatment. In the second part of this paper, the performance of the guidance scheme is shown for the heating-constrained cross-range maximization problem of a space-shuttle-orbiter-type vehicle.
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Communicated by D. G. Hull
This research was supported in part by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the Schwerpunktprogramm “Anwendungsbezogene Optimierung und Steuerung.”
The authors wish to express their sincere and grateful appreciation to Professor Roland Bulirsch who encouraged this work.
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Kugelmann, B., Pesch, H.J. New general guidance method in constrained optimal control, part 1: Numerical method. J Optim Theory Appl 67, 421–435 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00939642
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