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Coupling of state variables in the optimal low thrust orbital transfer problem

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The decoupling operation presented in this paper leads to two important results :

  • an easy, direct theoretical examination of singular arcs;

  • a considerable increase in numerical precision and decrease in sensitivity with respect to initial conditions.

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R. Conti A. Ruberti

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Henrion, R. (1973). Coupling of state variables in the optimal low thrust orbital transfer problem. In: Conti, R., Ruberti, A. (eds) 5th Conference on Optimization Techniques Part I. Optimization Techniques 1973. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-06583-0_34

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