Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems (AIAA Education Series) [Hardcover]

Robert M. Rogers (Author)

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Publication Date: September 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 156347445X | ISBN-13: 978-1563474453

"Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems combines an on-board navigation solution (position, velocity, and attitude), and independent navigation data (aids-to-navigation). The first part of the book covers the basic elements of mathematics, kinematics, equations describing navigation systems/sensors and their error models, aids-to-navigation, and Kalman filtering. Detailed derivations are presented and examples are given. The second part of the book presents case studies that apply the elements to real-world projects. This textbook is intended for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals in the area of design, integration, and testing/evaluation of navigation systems. Chapter exercises, appendices, and summaries supplement the text.

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Robert M. Rogers received his degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. As sole proprietor of Rogers Engineering & Associates, Dr. Roberts performs research development, systems analysis, test and evaluation, and teaching for the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in integrated navigation systems. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast (September 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156347445X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563474453
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,534,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overall a decent book, but lacking in several areas, April 15, 2008

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scotthew "bigmbooks" (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems (AIAA Education Series) (Hardcover)

This book is probably the best one in the field of inertial navigation, but unfortunately, that isn't saying much. It is probably the most comprehensive of the books I have read, but still lacks full explanation and derivation. Like many other books on the subject, the notation used dates from the 60's and needs to be polished up to modern notation (how about bold face vectors and Matrices for starters).

The most confusing part of this book is that the many of the symbols are recycled and/or are inadequately explained. This means extra effort is required to derive or infer what they actually mean. Many of the key Matrix equations (Fig 5.2) should have a breif explanation below them so that the reader doesn't have to spend 30 minutes going through the text to determine symbol meanings. Additionally, the difference between perturbation and alternative form are inadequately explained, forcing the reader to find IEEE papers for better description.

As mentioned, this book is probably the most comprehensive on the subject and can almost stand alone (emphasis on almost). Someday somebody will publish the ultimate Intertial navigiation text!

3.0 out of 5 stars Good as a complementary book, October 17, 2011

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This review is from: Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems, Third Edition (AIAA Education) (Hardcover)

This book is good as a complementary book and I was glad that I bought it. The good about the book is that there is a definition for most of the variables and the equations are clear. The bad is that part of the material is missing, and the reader should refer to other books and articles to complete the knowledge.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, March 31, 2001

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Radhakant Padhi (Rolla, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied Mathematics in Integrated Navigation Systems (AIAA Education Series) (Hardcover)

The book is very precise and gives a lot of mathematical related things that's relevant to Navigation and Guidance. I somehow liked it's approach, mainly because it avoids a lot of descriptory jargons and talks straight in mathematics: the language of scientists and engineers! Before reading the book, a good hold of the mathematics related to system theory would be a definite plus. However, the book has an introductory chaper for the relevant mathematics too.