Automatica, Vol.34, No.5, 655-657, 1998
A bidimensional optimal landing problem
A bidimensional model for the rate of change of the height and the vertical velocity of an airplane with respect to time is considered. The cost criterion is risk-sensitive. By taking a parameter large enough, the final value of the height of the airplane will be near zero, so that the objective is to obtain an optimal landing of the airplane. The model proposed here is an improvement over the one-dimensional one considered by other authors.