Journal Publications

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[57]Renato Zanetti, Andrey A. Popov, Kristen Michaelson, Felipe Giraldo-Grueso, Dalton Durant,
Simone Servadio, and Uwe D. Hanebeck A Survey of Nonlinear Estimation Filters. Accepted for publication, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion.
[56]Felipe Giraldo Grueso, Andrey A. Popov, Uwe D. Hanebeck, and Renato Zanetti. Optimal Sampling for Point Mass Filtering with Applications to Cislunar Orbit Determination. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s40295-025-00521-7
[55]Corey L. Marcus, Renato Zanetti, and Joel W. Getchius. Attitude Estimation and Optimal Relative Orientation of
Redundant Inertial Measurement Units.
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. doi: 10.2514/1.G008473
[54]Kristen Michaelson and Renato Zanetti. Error Flow Filter. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2025.3572491
[53]Dalton Durant, Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Updating Gaussian Mixture Weights Using Posterior Estimates. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. doi:10.1109/TAES.2025.3553121
[52]Rachel Mamich, Kristen Michaelson, Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Particle Flow and the Kalman Filter. Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, accepted for publication.
[51]Andrey A. Popov, Enrico M. Zucchelli and Renato Zanetti. Ensemble-localized Kernel Density Estimation with Applications to the Ensemble Gaussian Mixture Filter. Computational Geosciences 29, 12 (2025). doi: 10.1007/s10596-025-10354-w
[50]Felipe Giraldo-Grueso, Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Gaussian Mixture-Based Point Mass Filtering with Applications to Terrain-Relative Navigation. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, accepted for publication. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2025.3532229
[49]Kristen Michaelson, Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Multiple Data Assimilation as an Approximate Maximum A Posteriori Estimator. Computational Geosciences 29, 17 (2025). doi: 10.1007/s10596-025-10355-9
[48]Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Small-Data Reduced Order Modeling of Chaotic Dynamics Through SyCo-AE Synthetically Constrained Autoencoders. Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing, 5(2):145-162, 2024. doi:10.1615/JMachLearnModelComput.2024053321
[47]Felipe Giraldo-Grueso, Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. Precision Mars Entry Navigation with Atmospheric Density Adaptation via Neural Networks. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems 21 (12), 982-995, December 2024. doi:10.2514/1.I011426
[46]Corey L. Marcus, Renato Zanetti, and Timothy P. Setterfield. Landing Site Mapping and Selection with a Quadtree Map using Planar Elements. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 47(7):1283-1297 , July 2024. doi:10.2514/1.G007801
[45]Kristen A. Michaelson, Felix Wang, and Renato Zanetti. Terrain-Relative Navigation with Neuro-Inspired Elevation Encoding. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 60(3): 3368-3378, June 2024. doi:10.1109/TAES.2024.3362760
[44]Andrey A. Popov and Renato Zanetti. An adaptive covariance parameterization technique for the ensemble Gaussian mixture filter. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 46(3), 2024. doi: 10.1137/22M1544312
[43]S. P. Arjun Ram and Renato Zanetti. Robocentric Simultaneous Localization and Mapping. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 47(4): 742-752, April 2024. doi: 10.2514/1.G007587
[42]Fabio D’Onofrio and Renato Zanetti. A Novel Approach to Autonomous Lunar Localization and Timing.  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 47(1), January 2024. doi:10.2514/1.G007613
[41]S.P. Arjun Ram, Maruthi R. Akella, and Renato Zanetti. Angular velocity estimation using rate-integrating gyro measurements. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 46(8), August 2023. doi:10.2514/1.G007344
[40]Bryan S. Pogorelsky, Renato Zanetti, Jingyi Chen, and Scott Jenkins. Synthetic aperture radar based spacecraft terrain relative navigation. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 59(5), September 2022. doi:10.2514/1.A35067
[39]Sehyun Yun, Renato Zanetti, Brandon A. Jones. Kernel-Based Ensemble Gaussian Mixture Filtering for Orbit Determination with Sparse Data. Journal of Advances in Space Research, 69(12):4179-4197, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.03.041
[38]Simone Servadio, Renato Zanetti and Roberto Armellin. Maximum A Posteriori Estimation of Hamiltonian Systems with High Order Taylor Polynomials. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 69(2):511-536, 2022. doi:10.1007/s40295-022-00304-4
[37]Sehyun Yun and Renato Zanetti. Clustering Methods for Particle Filters with Gaussian Mixture Models. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 58(2):1109-1118, 2022. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2021.3117655
[36]Simone Servadio and Renato Zanetti. Estimation Of The Conditional State And Covariance with Taylor Polynomials. Journal of Advances in Information Fusion. 16(2):126-142, December 2021. link
[35]Simone Servadio and Renato Zanetti. Differential Algebra Based Multiple Gaussians Particle Filter for Orbit Determination. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 191(2):459-485, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s10957-021-01934-8
[34]Simone Servadio, Renato Zanetti, Brandon A. Jones. Nonlinear Filtering with a Polynomial Series of Gaussian Random Variables. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 57(1):647-658, February 2021. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2020.3028487
[33]Rahul Moghe, Renato Zanetti. A Deep Learning Approach to Hazard Detection for Autonomous Lunar Landing. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 67(4):1811-1830, December 2020. doi: 10.1007/s40295-020-00239-8
[32]Sehyun Yun, Kirsten Tuggle, Renato Zanetti, and Christopher D’Souza. Sensor Configuration Trade Study for Navigation in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 67(4):1755-1774, December 2020. doi:10.1007/s40295-020-00224-1.
[31]Sehyun Yun and Renato Zanetti. Nonlinear Filtering of Light-Curve Data. Advances in Space Research, 66(7):1672-1688, October 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.024
[30]Marcelino M. de Almeida, Daniele Mortari, Renato Zanetti and Maruthi Akella. QuateRA: The Quaternion Regression Algorithm. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43(9):1600-1616, September 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.G004375
[29]Simone Servadio and Renato Zanetti. Recursive Polynomial Minimum Mean-Square Error Estimation with Applications to Orbit Determination. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43(5):939-954, May 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.G004544.
[28]Rahul Moghe, Renato Zanetti, and Maruthi Akella. Adaptive Kalman Filter for Detectable Linear Time Invariant Systems.  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42(10):2197–2205, October 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.G004359 
[27]Sehyun Yun and Renato Zanetti. Sequential Monte Carlo Filtering with Gaussian Mixture Sampling. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42(9):2069–2077, September 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.G004403
[26]Renato Zanetti. Rotations, Transformations, Left Quaternions, Right Quaternions? The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 66(3):361–381, September 2019. doi: 10.1007/s40295-018-00151-2.
[25]Christopher D’Souza and Renato Zanetti. Information Formulation of the UDU Kalman Filter. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 55(1):493-498, February 2019. doi: 10.1109/TAES.2018.2850379.
[24]Renato Zanetti and Kyle J. DeMars. Fully Multiplicative Unscented Kalman Filter for Attitude Estimation. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(5):1183-1189, May 2018. doi: 10.2514/1.G003221.
[23]Kirsten Tuggle and Renato Zanetti. Automated Splitting Gaussian Mixture Nonlinear Measurement Update. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(3):725-734, March 2018.  doi: 10.2514/1.G003109.
[22]Renato Zanetti, Greg N. Holt, Robert S. Gay, Chris D’Souza, Jastesh Sud, Harvey Mamich, and Robert Gillis. Design and Flight Performance of the Orion Pre-Launch Navigation System. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(9):2289–2300, Sept. 2017. doi: 10.2514/1.G002666.
[21]Renato Zanetti, Greg N. Holt, Robert S. Gay, Chris D’Souza, Jastesh Sud, Harvey Mamich, Micheal Bagley, Ellis King, and Fred Clark. Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT1) Absolute Navigation Performance. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 40(5):1106-1116 May 2017. doi: 10.2514/1.G002371.
[20]Francesco De Dilectis, Daniele Mortari, and Renato Zanetti. Bezier Description of Space Trajectories. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(11):2535–2539, November 2016. doi: 10.2514/1.G000719.
[19]Roberto Armellin, Pierluigi Di Lizia, and Renato Zanetti. Dealing with uncertainties in angles-only initial orbit determination. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 125(4):435–450, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10569- 016-9694-z.
[18]Daniele Mortari, Christopher D’Souza, and Renato Zanetti. Image Processing of Illuminated Ellipsoid. Journal of Spacecraft and Rocket, 53(3):448–456, May–June 2016. doi: 10.2514/1.A33342.
[17]Renato Zanetti and Christopher D’Souza. Observability Analysis and Filter Design for the Orion Earth- Moon Attitude Filter. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(2):201–213, February 2016. doi: 10.2514/1.G001217.
[16]Daniele Mortari, Francesco De Dilectis, and Renato Zanetti. Position Estimation using Image Derivative. Aerospace, 2(3):435–460, September 2015. doi: 10.3390/aerospace2030435.
[15]Renato Zanetti. Adaptable Recursive Update Filter. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(7):1295– 1300, July 2015. doi: 10.2514/1.G001031.
[14]Thomas Ainscough, Renato Zanetti, John Christian, and Pol Spanos. q-Method Extended Kalman Filter. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 38(4):752–760, April 2015. doi: 10.2514/1.G000118.
[13]Renato Zanetti and Christopher D’Souza. Recursive Implementations of the Schmidt-Kalman Consider Filter. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 60(3–4):672–685, July–December 2013. doi: 10.1007/s40295-015-0068-7.
[12]Renato Zanetti and Kyle J. DeMars. Joseph Formulation of Unscented and Quadrature Filters with Application to Consider States. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(6):1860–1864, November–December 2013. doi: 10.2514/1.59935.
[11]Renato Zanetti and Christopher D’Souza. Dual Accelerometer Usage Strategy for Onboard Spacecraft Navigation. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(6):1899–1901, November–December 2012. doi: 10.2514/1.58154.
[10]Renato Zanetti. Recursive Update Filtering for Nonlinear Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57(6):1481–1490, June 2012. doi:10.1109/TAC.2011.2178334.
[9]Renato Zanetti, David Woffinden, and Adam Sievers. Multiple Event Triggers in Linear Covariance Analysis for Spacecraft Rendezvous. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(2):353–366, March–April 2012. doi: 10.2514/1.54965.
[8]Renato Zanetti and Robert H. Bishop. Kalman Filters with Uncompensated Biases. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 35(1):327–330, January–February 2012. doi: 10.2514/1.55120.
[7]Renato Zanetti. Optimal Glideslope Guidance for Spacecraft Rendezvous. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 34(5):1593–1597, September–October 2011. doi: 10.2514/1.54103.
[6]Renato Zanetti, Kyle J. DeMars, and Robert H. Bishop. Underweighting Nonlinear Measurements. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 33(5):1670–1675, September–October 2010. doi: 10.2514/1.50596.
[5]Renato Zanetti. A Multiplicative Residual Approach to Attitude Kalman Filtering with Unit-Vector Measurements. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 57(4):793–801, October–December 2009. doi: 10.1007/BF03321530.
[4]Renato Zanetti, Manoranjan Majji, Robert H. Bishop, and Daniele Mortari. Norm-Constrained Kalman Filtering. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(5):1458–1465, September–October 2009. doi: 10.2514/1.43119.
[3]Renato Zanetti. Autonomous Midcourse Navigation for Lunar Return. Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, 46(4):865–873, July–August 2009. doi: 10.2514/1.41769.
[2]Renato Zanetti and Robert H. Bishop. A New Method to Introduce A Priori Information in QUEST. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 55(4):451–461, October–December 2007. doi: 10.1007/BF03256535.
[1]Maruthi R. Akella, Dongeun Seo, and Renato Zanetti. Attracting Manifolds for Attitude Estimation in Flatland and Otherlands. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 54(3 and 4):635–655, July–December 2006. doi: 10.1007/BF03256510.