Capture zones in a pursuit-evasion game

Author

Shima, Tal

Author_Institution

RAFAEL, Haifa, Israel

Volume

5

fYear

2003

fDate

9-12 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

5450

Abstract

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of capture zones in a pursuit-evasion game between a guided missile and its aerial target are derived. Forward canard or aft tail controlled interceptor and target, both having first order biproper transfer functions to represent their closed loop maneuver dynamics, are studied. A distinction is made between open and closed capture zones in the game space; and it is shown that locating the control surface forward, instead of aft, provides considerable advantages with regard to the existence and size of the different capture zones. A new game space decomposition with two singular regions is also presented and conditions for its existence are given.

Keywords

differential games; missile guidance; transfer functions; aerial target; aft tail controlled interceptor; closed loop capture zones; closed loop maneuver dynamics; first order biproper transfer functions; forward canard controlled interceptor; game space decomposition; guided missile; open loop capture zones; pursuit evasion game; singular regions; Acceleration; Aerodynamics; Mathematical model; Missiles; Navigation; Open loop systems; Sufficient conditions; Tail; Transfer functions; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 2003. Proceedings. 42nd IEEE Conference on

ISSN

0191-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7924-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.2003.1272504

Filename

1272504