Collocation Methods for Multi-Vehicle Trajectory Optimization

Oliver D N Turnbull, Arthur G Richards

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Abstract

Direct collocation offers an efficient way of transcribing optimal control problems to form nonlinear optimizations. Collocation is particularly attractive for variable time problems as the finishing time can be made a decision variable. However, this causes problems in coupled multi-vehicle problems, for example, where different vehicles may have different finishing times. This paper proposes a way of capturing coupling constraints - in particular, collision avoidance - between vehicles without requiring a common time of arrival. The approach exploits a recently-developed dualization approach for avoidance constraints, extended to act time as well as spatial dimensions.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013
EventEuropean Control Conference - Zurich, United Kingdom
Duration: 17 Jul 201319 Jul 2013

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Control Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityZurich
Period17/07/1319/07/13

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