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Navigation Optimisations

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This chapter is a synthesis of air navigation optimisations, starting with a study of the optimal 4D trajectory search using a comprehensive objective function, which balances efficiency, safety, and air traffic capacity. A brief discussion of the algorithms is followed by an optimisation solution for multiple trajectories simultaneously, safely separated from each other. Kalman filtering is a key algorithm to solve the positioning problem in an optimal way. The Chapter ends with a complex flight trajectory optimal search applied to solve a remarkable practical problem: the reconstruction of the mysterious Malaysian 370 flight trajectory.

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  1. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Octavian Thor Pleter

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Pleter, O.T. (2024). Navigation Optimisations. In: Air Navigation. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52994-8_11

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