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Informationen zum Autor Bruce Conway is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois! Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University in 1981. Professor Conway's research interests include orbital mechanics! optimal control! differential games! and improved methods for the numerical solution of problems in optimization. Klappentext This volume on space trajectory optimization includes a variety of both analytical and numerical approaches to trajectory optimization. Zusammenfassung Dedicated to space trajectory optimization! this volume includes a variety of both analytical and numerical approaches to trajectory optimization. The authors! all experts and active researchers in their areas of specialization! have written chapters with palpable enthusiasm and relevance to contemporary problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The problem of spacecraft trajectory optimization Bruce A. Conway; 2. Primer vector theory and application John E. Prussing; 3. Spacecraft trajectory optimization using direct transcription and nonlinear programming Stephen W. Paris and Bruce A. Conway; 4. Elements of a software system for spacecraft trajectory optimization Cesar Ocampo; 5. Low-thrust trajectory optimization using orbital averaging and control parameterization Craig A. Kluever; 6. Analytic representation of optimal low-thrust transfer in circular orbit Jean A. Kechichian; 7. Global optimization and space pruning for spacecraft trajectory design Dario Izzo; 8. Incremental techniques for global space trajectory design Massimiliano Vasile and Matteo Ceriotti; 9. Optimal low-thrust trajectories using stable manifolds Christopher Martin and Bruce A. Conway.
