Malcolm
D. Shuster
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Journal Articles in Press
Pubp_018 “A Tutorial on
Vectors and Attitude,” Jozef C. van der Ha and Malcolm D, Shuster, IEEE Control System Magazine, Vol. 29,
No. 2, April 2009, approx. 14
pp. (last update: October 20, 2008).
Pubp_019 “Filter QUEST or REQUEST,” Malcolm D. Shuster, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, approx.
3 pp. (last update: August 20, 2008).
Journal Articles Accepted for Publication
Pubp_020 “The TASTE Test,” Malcolm D. Shuster,
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
approx. 13 pp. (last update: August 13, 2008). (JAS-1331)
Journal Articles Submitted for Publication
Pubp_006 “Direction Averaging and Suboptimal Three-Axis Attitude Determination,” Malcolm D. Shuster, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, approx 7 pp. (last update: August 11, 2008). (TAES-200700019)
Pubp_008 “Speed Testing of
Attitude Estimation Algorithms,” Yang Cheng and Malcolm D. Shuster, The
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
approx. 15 pp. (last update: October 4,
2008). (JAS-1294)
Pubp_010 “An Improvement
to the QUEST Algorithm,“ Yang Cheng and Malcolm D. Shuster, The
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
approx. 13 pp. (last
update: October 4, 2008). (JAS-1290)
Pubp_021 “The Nature of the Quaternion,’’
Malcolm D. Shuster, The Journal of the
Astronautical Sciences}, special issue for Byron Tapley, approx. 16 pp.,
(last update September 24, 2008).
Pubp_022 “A Tutorial on Attitude Kinematics,”
Malcolm D. Shuster, submitted to the IEEE
Control Systems Magazine, ,approx. 30 pp.
(last update: November 9, 2008). (CSM-08-30)
Works in Progress
Possible Future Attractions
The
TRIAD Algorithms.
A
General Approach to In-flight Attitude Sensor Calibration.
The
Miseducation of American Engineers.
The
TASTE Test as Hypothesis Test.
A
Prequel to the Attitude Representations.
Validation
Tests for Spacecraft Attitude Determination.
QUESTM:
Millennial QUEST for the New Millennium.
The
Imitation of QUEST.
The
Compensation of Attitude Measurements.
The
Misrepresentation of Attitude and Attitude-Measurement Error.
Shisei
Matorikusu.
Attitude
Determination: A User’s Guide.
Suboptimal
Filtering of Star-Tracker Attitude.
Partitioned
Calibration of Focal-Plane Attitude Sensors.
The
Attitude Kalman Filter in Flatland.
Zi
Tai Ju Zhen.
The
Unconstrained Quaternion Kalman Filter.
The
Pseudo-Linear Attitude Kalman Filter.
Dynamical
and Instrumented Propagation of Attitude.
Bias
Determination for Spinning Spacecraft.
The
Method of Sequential Rotations.
Attitude
Alignment and Coalignment.
The
Compensation of Attitude Transfer Systems.
Fusion
of Attitude Estimates.
Optimal
Attitude Estimation: A Return to Basics.
In-flight
Estimation of Spacecraft Inertial Properties.
Efficient
In-flight Calibration of Star-Tracker-Gyro Systems.
A
Bayesian Approach to the Wahba Problem.
A
Lie-Algebraic Approach to Attitude Estimation.
A
Non-Singular Representation of Attitude.
A
Survey of Attitude Representations: Addendum.
The
Dihedral Angle in Attitude Estimation
Attitude
Determination in Outline.
Attitude
Covariance and Optimal Attitude Estimation.
WACKOP:
Wahba Attitude from Cayley-Klein Optimal Parameters.
The
Hyperspherical Angles as Attitude Representation
The
Axis-Azimuth Representation.
Composition
of the Asymmetric Euler Angles.
GPS
Attitude Determination: A Short Review.
Perturbative
Attitude Estimation.
Universals
of Attitude Estimation.
Attitude
Determination at Warp Speed.
Prejudice
in Science and Engineering.
The
Curse of ABET.
Bang-Bang
Attitude Control: A Physicist’s Approach.
A
Practical Approach to Target Avoidance.
Ethics
in Technical Publishing, A Eulogy.
So
many papers, so little time.