Dual control guidance for simultaneous identification and interception (Q760374)

An adaptive dual-control guidance algorithm is presented for intercepting a moving target in the presence of an interfering target (decoy) in a stochastic environment. The optimum control for the interceptor which is given by the solution of the stochastic dynamic programming equation is not numerically feasible to obtain. An approximate solution of this equation is obtained by evaluating the value of the future information gathering. This is done through the use of preposterior analysis - approximate prior probability densities are obtained and used to describe the future learning and control. Simulation studies have shown the effectiveness of the scheme.