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This paper presents a Receding Horizon Control (RHC) algorithm to the problem of on-line flight path optimization for aircraft in a dynamic Free-Flight (FF) environment. The motivation to introduce the concept of RHC is to improve the robust performance of solutions in a dynamic and uncertain environment, and also to satisfy the restrictive time limit in the real-time optimization of this complicated air traffic control problem. Compared with existing algorithms, the new algorithm proves more efficient and promising for practical applications.
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Hu, XB., Chen, WH. (2007). Receding Horizon Control for Free-Flight Path Optimization. In: Findeisen, R., Allgöwer, F., Biegler, L.T. (eds) Assessment and Future Directions of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 358. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72699-9_47
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