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Nonlinear Optimal Control Design Of A Missile Autopilot, Tim Mclain, Randal W. Beard
Nonlinear Optimal Control Design Of A Missile Autopilot, Tim Mclain, Randal W. Beard
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The application of a new nonlinear optimal control strategy to the design of missile autopilots is presented. The control approach described and demonstrated here is based upon the numerical solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation by Successive Galerkin Approximation. Using this approach, feedback controllers are computed by an iterative application of a numerical Galerkin-type PDE solver. Simulation results demonstrating the application of this approach to the design of a missile autopilot are presented.