Proportional navigation (2D)

ADVANTAGES1 · dim 8

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Two-dimensional interceptor engagement using proportional navigation guidance.

Guidance & interception

Problem definition

Canonical benchmark implementation

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.

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def rhs(t, y):
    x_m, y_m, Vm, th_m = y[0], y[1], y[2], y[3]
    x_t, y_t, Vt, th_t = y[4], y[5], y[6], y[7]

    dx = x_t - x_m
    dy = y_t - y_m
    r = np.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy) + _EPS_RANGE

    lam = np.arctan2(dy, dx)

    vx_m = Vm * np.cos(th_m)
    vy_m = Vm * np.sin(th_m)
    vx_t = Vt * np.cos(th_t)
    vy_t = Vt * np.sin(th_t)

    # LOS rate: d(lambda)/dt = (dx*(vy_t-vy_m) - dy*(vx_t-vx_m)) / r^2
    dlam_dt = (dx * (vy_t - vy_m) - dy * (vx_t - vx_m)) / (r * r)

    # closing velocity
    V_c = -(dx * (vx_t - vx_m) + dy * (vy_t - vy_m)) / r

    a_m = N * V_c * dlam_dt

    d = np.empty(8)
    d[0] = vx_m
    d[1] = vy_m
    d[2] = 0.0                         # constant speed
    d[3] = a_m / max(abs(Vm), 1.0)     # heading rate
    d[4] = vx_t
    d[5] = vy_t
    d[6] = 0.0                         # constant speed
    d[7] = 0.0                         # non-maneuvering
    return d

def rhs_ig_pn_2d(t, y):
    """Default IG-PN-2D instance (module-level, not parameterized)."""
    return _IG_PN_2D_RHS(t, y)
Parameters
  • N = 3
  • _EPS_RANGE = 1e-06
Initial condition
y(0) = [0, 0, 100, 0, 3000, 0, 30, 3.14159265359]
Horizon
t ∈ [0, 60]

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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Spread: low

Default noise: medium

Recommendation snapshot

Clean best: SciPy BDF

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: Proportional navigation (2D) (proportional-navigation-2d)

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

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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
1SciPy BDFSciPy
100%
16.4572 ms1.000
2SolvSRK
100%
16.4721 ms1.000
3SciPy RadauSciPy
100%
15.8802 ms0.996
4TRBDF2external
100%
15.8335.33 s0.996
5CVODE BDFexternal
100%
15.5228 ms0.989
6CVODE Adamsexternal
100%
15.5227 ms0.989
7Tsit5external
100%
15.430750 ms0.987
8SciPy RK23SciPy
100%
15.423<1 ms0.987
9Vern7external
100%
15.2724.04 s0.980
10SciPy RK45SciPy
100%
14.738<1 ms0.969
11SciPy LSODASciPy
100%
13.014<1 ms0.928
12Vern9external
100%
12.61624.08 s0.920
13SciPy DOP853SciPy
100%
11.962<1 ms0.902
14FBDFexternal
100%
7.15025.29 s0.787

At Clean, best balanced arm is SciPy BDF · SolvSRK survival 100%, SCD 16.4.

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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Replace the access date. Pin the freeze ID and library versions when comparing against a later export. Cite it as what it is — a self-reported vendor benchmark, not an independently verified result. The note field says so; please keep it.

@misc{resonix_evidence_proportional_navigation_2d_2026,
  title        = {Resonix Evidence Portal: Proportional navigation (2D)},
  author       = {{Resonix Labs (Canada) Inc.}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://resonix.tech/evidence/problems/proportional-navigation-2d}},
  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