Optimal control theory with aerospace applications / Joseph Z. Ben-Asher.

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