This paper investigates a quaternion-based finite time attitude synchronization and stabilization problem for satellite formation flying. Sufficient conditions are presented for finite time boundness and stability of this distributed consensus problem. More specifically, a nonlinear control law based on a finite time control technique is developed such that the attitude of the rigid spacecraft ...

This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution , reselling , loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to da...

An Optimal fuzzy logic guidance (OFLG) law for a surface to air homing missile is introduced. The introduced approach is based on the well-known proportional navigation guidance (PNG) law. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is used to optimize the of the membership functions’ (MFs) parameters of the proposed design. The distribution of the MFs is obtained by minimizing a nonlinear constrained mu...

A new fuzzified terminal guidance law is proposed which employs the versatile feature of the fuzzy logic system to shape a beneficial trajectory for target interception. In the proposed scheme, the guidance law is partitioned into three stages in accordance with the relative range between the interceptor and target. Estimated line-of-sight angle, line-of-sight angle rate, line-of-sight angular ...

A new integrated estimation and guidance design approach is presented as a computationally effective procedure for interception of maneuvering targets. This is an adaptive approach that uses the following elements: banks of state estimators, and guidance laws, a maneuver detector for the onset of the target’s maneuver, and a hierarchical decision law for online selection of the estimator/guidan...

This paper presents a uniform semiglobal exponential stability (USGES) proof for a class of proportional line-of-sight (LOS) guidance laws used for vehicle path-following control. The LOS guidance law under consideration is a lookahead-based guidance law for marine craft. The USGES proof extends previous results that only guarantee global κ-exponential stability. Typical applications are marine...

Two major simultaneous attack strategies have been introduced, as one of cooperative attack of multiple missiles. One strategy is an undesignated time attack, in which the missiles communicate among themselves to synchronize the arrival times by reducing the mutual differences of times-to-go of multiple missiles during the homing. The other is a designated time attack, in which a common impact ...