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The optimization of fuel-optimal low-thrust collision avoidance maneuvers (CAMs) in scenarios involving multiple encounters between spacecraft is addressed. The optimization's objective is the minimization of the total fuel consumption…

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This paper introduces an algorithm to perform optimal reorientation of a spacecraft during a high speed flyby mission that maximizes the time a certain target is kept within the field of view of scientific instruments. The method directly…

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One of the fundamental problems in spacecraft trajectory design is finding the optimal transfer trajectory that minimizes the propellant consumption and transfer time simultaneously. We formulate this as a multi-objective optimal control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-15 Nikolaus Vertovec , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Kostas Margellos

Satellite constellation systems are becoming more attractive to provide communication services worldwide, especially in areas without network connectivity. While optimizing satellite gateway placement is crucial for operators to minimize…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-04 Yuma Abe , Flor Ortiz , Eva Lagunas , Victor Monzon Baeza , Symeon Chatzinotas , Hiroyuki Tsuji

The traditional multicopter design method usually requires a long iterative process to find the optimal design based on given performance requirements. The method is uneconomical and inefficient. In this paper, a practical method is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-20 Xunhua Dai , Quan Quan , Kai-Yuan Cai

We study network design problems for nonlinear and nonconvex flow models without controllable elements under load scenario uncertainties, i.e., under uncertain injections and withdrawals. To this end, we apply the concept of adjustable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Johannes Thürauf , Julia Grübel , Martin Schmidt

We propose a space mapping-based optimization algorithm for microscopic interacting particle dynamics which are inappropriate for direct optimization. This is of relevance for example in applications with bounded domains such that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Jennifer Weißen , Simone Göttlich , Claudia Totzeck

A robust drift-safe rendezvous trajectory optimization tool is developed in this work, with applications to orbital rendezvous and proximity operations. The method is based on direct collocation and utilizes a sequential convex programming…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-23 Andrew W. Berning , Ethan R. Burnett , Stefan Bieniawski

The optimal design of multi-target rendezvous and flyby missions is challenging due to the combination of traditional spacecraft trajectory optimization and high-dimensional combinatorial problems. This often requires large-scale global…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-24 Jack Yarndley , Harry Holt , Roberto Armellin

In trajectory design, fuel consumption and trajectory reachability are two key performance indicators for low-thrust missions. This paper proposes general-purpose pretrained neural networks to predict these metrics. The contributions of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Zhong Zhang , Francesco Topputo

Freight consolidation has significant potential to reduce transportation costs and mitigate congestion and pollution. An effective load consolidation plan relies on carefully chosen consolidation points to ensure alignment with existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Sikai Cheng , Amira Hijazi , Jeren Konak , Alan Erera , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Uncertain dynamic obstacles, such as pedestrians or vehicles, pose a major challenge for optimal robot navigation with safety guarantees. Previous work on motion planning has followed two main strategies to provide a safe bound on an…

This paper presents a comparative study of the applicability and accuracy of optimal control methods and neural network-based estimators in the context of porkchop plots for preliminary asteroid rendezvous mission design. The scenario…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Zhong Zhang , Niccolò Michelotti , Gonçalo Oliveira Pinho , Yilin Zou , Francesco Topputo

This research introduces a novel application of a masked Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm from the field of deep reinforcement learning (RL), for determining the most efficient sequence of space debris visitation, utilizing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Agni Bandyopadhyay , Guenther Waxenegger-Wilfing

In this article, we investigate the optimal path planning for aerial load transportation in complex, dynamic, and static environments using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). A hierarchical optimal control system is designed for a quadrotor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Ali Akbar Rezaei Lori

Recently, the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and visible light communication (VLC) technologies has emerged as a promising solution to offer flexible communication and efficient lighting. This letter investigates the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Tian-Tian Lin , Yi Liu , Xiao-Wei Tang , Yunmei Shi , Yi Huang , Zhongxiang Wei , Qingqing Wu , Yuhan Dong

Aerial vehicles have recently attracted significant attention in a variety of commercial and civilian applications due to their high mobility, flexible deployment and cost-effectiveness. To leverage these promising features, the aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-25 Behzad Khamidehi , Elvino S. Sousa

Because an agents resources dictate what actions it can possibly take, it should plan which resources it holds over time carefully, considering its inherent limitations (such as power or payload restrictions), the competing needs of other…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-01-17 Jianhui Wu , Edmund H. Durfee

With much research has been conducted into trajectory planning for quadrotors, planning with spatial and temporal optimal trajectories in real-time is still challenging. In this paper, we propose a framework for generating large-scale…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Zhepei Wang , Xin Zhou , Chao Xu , Jian Chu , Fei Gao

Low-rankness plays an important role in traditional machine learning, but is not so popular in deep learning. Most previous low-rank network compression methods compress networks by approximating pre-trained models and re-training. However,…

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