A Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization of Spacecraft
Tang Guo-jin · Journal of Astronautics · 2008
From the later period of the last century,diverse methods for trajectory optimization appeared.Otherwise only a few of papers about the survey of this field were presented and that not being published recently.By the investigation of a bibliography of approximately 100 papers,varied trajectory optimization methods are categorized from several points of view and their characteristics and applications are presented.And then some promising new methods such as Pseudospectral method,Rapidly-exploring random tree algorithm and Receding Horizon optimization are introduced.This paper did not consider close-in varied optimization algorithm but the optimization method,which is distinguished by the transformation method of the continuous optimal control problem,discretization methods and so on.It is hoped that this survey of methods for trajectory optimization will serve as a basis for future research and development.