Le but de ce livre est de présenter les développements récents du contrôle géométrique orienté vers la commande des véhicules spatiaux. Son contenu a servi de base à une série de cours de contrôle et d'automatique de 3e cycle. Il s'appuie sur des projets de recherche avec l'ESTEC et le CNES, sur le contrôle d'attitude d'un satellite, le problème de transfert orbital en temps minimal, et le problème de rentrée atmosphérique d'une navette spatiale.
From the reviews:
"The textbook contains two parts: Part 1 is an introduction to celestial mechanics, and part II is devoted to the control of cosmic vehicles motion. ... The textbook is mainly addressed to graduate students, but also researchers and engineers can find in this book an advanced introduction to current researches and recent results." (Sergei Georgievich Zhuravlev, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1104 (6), 2007)
"The book is written in a clear mathematical style-Definition-Proposition-Lemma-Theorem-Corollary-and is almost self contained. As the authors say in the Introduction, its contents can be suitable for postgraduate students in mathematics or physics ... ." (Gerard Gómez, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 k)
"The textbook contains two parts: Part 1 is an introduction to celestial mechanics, and part II is devoted to the control of cosmic vehicles motion. ... The textbook is mainly addressed to graduate students, but also researchers and engineers can find in this book an advanced introduction to current researches and recent results." (Sergei Georgievich Zhuravlev, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1104 (6), 2007)
"The book is written in a clear mathematical style-Definition-Proposition-Lemma-Theorem-Corollary-and is almost self contained. As the authors say in the Introduction, its contents can be suitable for postgraduate students in mathematics or physics ... ." (Gerard Gómez, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 k)