Existing nonlinear guidance methods are difficult to reconcile performance optimality with stability assurance. This study proposes a concept of robust incremental learning for approximate optimal control of nonlinear terminal guidance problems. It transitions incrementally and stably from a traditional analytically formulated guidance law to an approximate optimal guidance policy. Specifically, we propose an incremental policy iteration algorithm, where a base guidance law is utilized to mitigate the initial instability and warm-start the learning process. Then, a robustness enhancement technique is proposed to theoretically guarantee the stability of learning process, where the guidance command is refined leveraging a virtual Lyapunov-based energy function. As a result, a robust and efficient learning method for nonlinear optimal guidance problems is developed. Simulation results for a specific impact-angle-constrained guidance problem verify advantages of the proposed method on efficiency, stability, and optimality.


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    Title :

    Robust Incremental Learning of Approximate Dynamic Programming for Nonlinear Optimal Guidance


    Contributors:
    Wang, Han (author) / Cheng, Lin (author) / Gong, Shengping (author) / Huang, Xu (author)


    Publication date :

    2025-06-01


    Size :

    1878894 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English