arxivmath.OCeess.SY2026-07-17
Polynomial-Based Solutions to Targeting Problems for Onboard Applications
Adam Evans, Alberto Fossa, Roberto Armellin, Didier Henrion, Renato Zanetti
This paper solves the targeting problem focusing on accuracy, computational efficiency, and reliability. The trajectory optimization problem is first recast as a polynomial optimization problem (POP) by leveraging differential algebra to compute high-order Taylor expansions of th…