NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLER FOR A PULSED ROCKET MOTOR TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM

Abstract

A neural network controller for a pulsed rocket motor tactical missile. The missile includes a fuselage or body, with a propulsion system. The pulsed propulsion system has a need for a logical control of the application of propulsion energy throughout the missile's flight. The controller is trained to provide optimal initiation of individual rocket motor thrust pulses based on tactical information available at various points/times in the missile's flight. The controller training is through use of training cases, in which the network learns to output a specific target value(s) when specific values are input. When trained with a large sample of training cases selected from the multidimensional population of interest, the neural network effectively learns the correlations between inputs and outputs and can predict input/output relationships not previously seen in any training case.

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Inventor

• 1JAMES E. BIGGERS

Sensitive facility: El Segundo CA (Aerospace Corp/TRW)

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