Talk:Trajectory optimization

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Improvements

The history section is lacking detail between 1970 and the present. It would be good to include some background in direct solution techniques, as well as pseudospectral methods.
There are many more applications in both the industry and aerospace fields. These subsections should be expanded.

Major Edits In Progress

I am working on making major edits to this page during the month of May in 2016. The general idea will be to organize the existing content a bit better, and then expand the article substantially. Changes in progress are listed below. --Matthew Kelly, May 3, 2016.

Bigger picture, how trajectory optimization relates to parameter optimization and optimal control
Add a better overview of numerical methods used for trajectory optimization
Add description of each type of method, as well as pointers to papers on the topic.
List of trajectory optimization terminology, links to other articles where appropriate.
Create a section on common numerical problems, giving common problems that people run into, and several solutions to these problems.
List of references for resources on learning trajectory optimization
Update list of trajectory optimization packages