TY - BOOK AU - Ben-Asher,Joseph Z. ED - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics TI - Optimal control theory with aerospace applications T2 - AIAA education series SN - 9781600867323 AV - TL589.4 .B46 2010 PY - 2010///] CY - Reston, VA PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics KW - Automatic pilot (Airplanes) KW - Flight control KW - Guided missiles KW - Control systems N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table Of Contents; Preface; Historical Background; Ordinary Minimum Problems---From the Beginning of Calculus to Kuhn-Tucker; Minimum Principle of Pontryagin and Hestenes; Application of the Jacobi Test in Optimal Control and Neighboring Extremals; Numerical Techniques for the Optimal Control Problem ; Singular Perturbation Technique and Its Application to Air-to-Air Interception; Application to Aircraft Performance: Rutowski and Kaiser's Techniques and More; Application to Rocket Performance: The Goddard Problem; Application to Missile Guidance: Proportional Navigation; Application to Time-Optimal Rotational Maneuvers of Flexible Spacecraft; Index; Supporting Materials ER -