Browsing by Author "Youmans, Elisabeth A."

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    Neural network control of space vehicle orbit transfer, intercept, and rendezvous maneuvers
    Youmans, Elisabeth A. (Virginia Tech, 1995)
    The feasibility of neural networks to control dynamic systems is examined. Control of a one-dimensional problem is initially investigated to develop an understanding of the structure and simulation of the neural networks. A nondimensional problem is also explored to apply a single neural network design to controlling a class of systems with a wide variety of modeling parameters. Finally, these techniques are applied to control a space vehicle to transfer, intercept, and rendezvous with another orbiting vehicle using the Clohessy-Wiltshire equations of relative motion in two dimensions. A combination of open-loop and closed-loop neural network controllers is shown to work effectively for this problem. Noise is added to the neural network inputs to demonstrate the robustness of these networks.