Application of Sub-Optimal Control to Missile Intercept Problems.
Abstract
The study was to determine the feasibility of applying sub-optimal control to synthesize a feedback controller for the two-dimensional, non-linear, air-to-air intercept and pursuit-evasion problems. A number of the sub-optimal techniques were investigated, but only one was determined to be applicable to the intercept problem. The selected method is based upon the linearization of the system dynamics, and then the sub-optimal control law is determined using conventional optimal control. Further, the solution procedure is repeated periodically, since the linear model is assumed representative of the actual system for short periods of time. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0746005
Entities
People
- Edward F. Stafford
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology