Augmented PN with Time-to-Go Estimation

ADVANTAGES1 · dim 8

SolvSRK wins. At the comparison noise level, SolvSRK beats the best baseline by at least 10 percentage points of survival, or by at least 0.05 balanced score when survival is tied. Use SolvSRK for this class of problem. All verdicts →

APN with ZEM/t_go^2 command — diverges as t_go->0, capped at t_go_min=0.1s. Adaptive gain N_eff adjusts to estimated maneuver.

Guidance & interception

Problem definition

Zarchan Ch. 8 (augmented PN); Yanushevsky Ch. 4 (optimal guidance)

Canonical RHS excerpt from the registered callable used for this benchmark cell. Expand it to verify the state equations; it is not a standalone runnable fixture.

Show canonical RHS excerpt
def _clamp(x: float, lo: float, hi: float) -> float:
    return max(lo, min(hi, x))

def rhs(t, y):
    rx, ry, rz = y[0], y[1], y[2]
    vx_i, vy_i, vz_i = y[3], y[4], y[5]
    t_go = y[6]
    N_eff = y[7]

    d = np.empty(8)

    R = np.sqrt(rx * rx + ry * ry + rz * rz)
    if R < _RANGE_GUARD:
        d[:] = 0.0
        return d

    vx_rel = vx_i - vtx
    vy_rel = vy_i - vty
    vz_rel = vz_i - vtz

    R_dot = (rx * vx_rel + ry * vy_rel + rz * vz_rel) / R
    V_c = -R_dot

    t_go_safe = max(t_go, t_go_min)
    t_go_sq = t_go_safe * t_go_safe

    zem_x = rx + vx_rel * t_go_safe
    zem_y = ry + vy_rel * t_go_safe
    zem_z = rz + vz_rel * t_go_safe

    a_x = N_eff * zem_x / t_go_sq
    a_y = N_eff * zem_y / t_go_sq
    a_z = N_eff * zem_z / t_go_sq

    a_mag = np.sqrt(a_x * a_x + a_y * a_y + a_z * a_z)
    if a_mag > a_max:
        scale = a_max / a_mag
        a_x *= scale
        a_y *= scale
        a_z *= scale

    wx = np.interp(t, _noise_ts, wind_noise[0])
    wy = np.interp(t, _noise_ts, wind_noise[1])
    wz = np.interp(t, _noise_ts, wind_noise[2])

    d[0] = vx_rel
    d[1] = vy_rel
    d[2] = vz_rel
    d[3] = a_x + wx
    d[4] = a_y + wy
    d[5] = a_z + wz

    d[6] = -V_c / max(R, _RANGE_GUARD)

    zem_mag = np.sqrt(zem_x**2 + zem_y**2 + zem_z**2)
    maneuver_ratio = zem_mag / (a_tgt_est * t_go_sq + 1.0)
    N_target = N_eff_0 + 2.0 * maneuver_ratio
    d[7] = _clamp((N_target - N_eff) / tau_n, -10.0, 10.0)

    return d
Parameters
  • N_eff_0 = 4
  • _RANGE_GUARD = 0.1
  • _noise_ts = [0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, …] [shape=(2201,), min=0, max=22]
  • a_max = 400
  • a_tgt_est = 20
  • t_go_min = 0.1
  • tau_n = 2
  • vtx = 200
  • vty = 30
  • vtz = -10
  • wind_noise = [0.0628651105467, -0.0660524316457, 0.320211325222, 0.0524500585765, -0.267834686581, 0.180797527455, …] [shape=(3, 2201), min=-1.94971086503, max=1.62859953736]
Initial condition
y(0) = [5000, 2000, 1000, -250, 0, 0, 20, 4]
Horizon
t ∈ [0, 22]

Canonical RHS excerpt captured from the same registered callable used for the published benchmark. Frozen closure values are summarized below; helper imports and solver settings are intentionally omitted.

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Default noise: medium

Recommendation snapshot

Clean best: SolvSRK

Noisy best: SolvSRK

Coverage

14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Ranked on survival, precision, and speed

Versions & freeze

Methodology →
Freeze
2026-08-13
libsolvsrk
2.3.0
SciPy
1.14
SUNDIALS
CVODE (bundled backend)

20 seeds/cell default · 14 arms · TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · this page: Augmented PN with Time-to-Go Estimation (augmented-pn-with-time-to-go-estimation)

Governed SolvTune benchmark freeze; per-arm medians only. RHS definitions and raw trial rows are not published.

Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified

Results matrix

Pick an objective and a noise level to rank all arms on survival, median SCD, median nfev, and median wall time. Medians across seeds.

Objective

Best overall trade-off of survival, precision, and speed.

Noise level

#SolverSurvivalSCDnfevWallScore
1SolvSRK
100%
10.0128,013853 ms0.858
2CVODE Adamsexternal
100%
7.331,943455 ms0.792
3SciPy RK23SciPy
100%
7.245,560746 ms0.791
4SciPy BDFSciPy
100%
7.041,3631.68 s0.785
5FBDFexternal
100%
6.951,8646.59 s0.782
6CVODE BDFexternal
100%
6.734,627498 ms0.779
7SciPy LSODASciPy
100%
6.657,654634 ms0.777
8Vern9external
100%
6.6132,0507.45 s0.776
9SciPy RadauSciPy
100%
6.4142,6724.04 s0.771
10Vern7external
100%
6.286,6926.32 s0.767
11Tsit5external
100%
6.238,4664.82 s0.766
12SciPy DOP853SciPy
100%
6.197,1421.31 s0.765
13SciPy RK45SciPy
100%
5.725,178210 ms0.754
14TRBDF2external
100%
5.017,0885.80 s0.739

At Clean, best balanced arm is SolvSRK.

Values are medians across seeds, measured by Resonix Labs on Resonix hardware and not independently verified; nfev and wall are on reference lab hardware (indicative). Under injected noise only SolvSRK and the SciPy arms are run. How we measure accuracy → · Verification status →

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@misc{resonix_evidence_augmented_pn_with_time_to_go_estimation_2026,
  title        = {Resonix Evidence Portal: Augmented PN with Time-to-Go Estimation},
  author       = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/augmented-pn-with-time-to-go-estimation}},
  note         = {Self-reported vendor benchmark; internally generated by Resonix Labs and not independently verified. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD. Freeze 2026-08-13; libsolvsrk 2.3.0; SciPy 1.14.}
}

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TRL 4–5 · simulation-lab validated · 398 problems · 14 solver arms · clean + 5 noise levels

Freeze: 2026-08-13 · scipy 1.14 · libsolvsrk 2.3.0 · Methodology

Self-reported by Resonix Labs · not independently verified · Verification status