Skip to contentScholarGate
LibraryBookshelfDeskReview StudioAssistant
Sign in
Quaternion Attitude/Evidence
Method evidence record

Quaternion Attitude

Quaternion attitude representation is a mathematical framework for describing three-dimensional rotations using four-dimensional vectors (quaternions). Superior to Euler angles due to the absence of singularities (gimbal lock), quaternions are the standard representation in modern attitude estimation, spacecraft control, and 3D computer graphics. Quaternion kinematics elegantly expresses how attitude evolves under angular velocity measurements from gyroscopes.

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Source record

Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.

Quaternion Attitude Representation and Kinematics
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / aerospace
  • Shuster, M. D. (1993). A survey of attitude representations. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 41(4), 439–517. · URL
  • Titterton, D. H., & Weston, J. L. (2004). Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology (2nd ed.). Institution of Engineering and Technology. · DOI 10.1049/PBRA017E
  • Savage, P. G. (2000). Strapdown inertial navigation integration algorithm design. Part 1: Attitude algorithms. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 21(1), 19–28. · DOI 10.2514/2.4228
Open full method

Curated claims

Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.

No curated claims yet

This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.

Related methods

Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.

Same method familyAHRSmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMadgwick Filtermachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMahony Filtermachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

Evidence status

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

3 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

Actions

Open method page
ScholarGate

A content-first reference library for research methods — what each one is, how it works, and where it comes from.

Open data (CC-BY)

Explore

  • Library
  • Search the library…
  • Browse by field
  • Fields
  • Journey
  • Compare
  • Which method?

Reference

  • Subjects
  • Atlas
  • Glossary
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy

Your tools

  • Bookshelf
  • Desk
  • Chat

Company

  • About
  • Pricing
  • Contact
  • Suggest a method

Entries are compiled from published sources for reference. Verifying the accuracy and suitability of any information for your own use remains your responsibility.

© 2026 ScholarGate · A research-method reference library
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms
  • Delete account