Talk:Wahba's problem

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There is lots to do for this article. Starting with:

• Description of the common solutions to the problem (e.g. q-method, QUEST, ...)
• Links to Wahba's original 1965 paper
• Academic sources for the the solutions listed
• A history of the method (i.e. development of the method) and notable missions using solutions to Wahba's problem for attitude determination
• Relation to the Orthogonal Procrustes problem.
• Shuster's generalised Wahba's problem for both vector an attitude observations.

And, of course, much much more.

-- Damien d (talk) 13:05, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The correct formula for Markley's solution for R is given as U*diag([1,1,det(U)det(V)])*V' (see equation (18) of the referenced paper, R is A_{opt} in his notation). This article recently had U and V transposed.

-- Mark T.