Fuel optimal maneuvers for multiple spacecraft formation reconfiguration using multi-agent optimization

Author

Yang, Guang ; Yang, Qingsong ; Kapila, Vikram ; Palmer, Dan ; Vaidyanathan, Ravi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech., Aerosp., & Manuf. Eng., Polytech. Univ. Brooklyn, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1083

Abstract

Generation of fuel optimal maneuvers for spacecraft formation reconfiguration is modeled and analyzed as a multi-agent optimal control problem. Multi-agent optimal control is quite different from the traditional optimal control for single agent. Specifically, in addition to fuel optimization for a single agent, multi-agent optimal control necessitates consideration of task assignment among agents for terminal targets in the optimization process. We develop an efficient hybrid optimization algorithm to address such a problem. Simulation results illustrate the efficacy of the proposed algorithm

Keywords

aerospace control; fuel optimal control; multi-agent systems; optimisation; position control; space vehicles; fuel optimal maneuvers; hybrid optimization algorithm; multi-agent optimal control problem; multi-agent optimization; multiple spacecraft formation reconfiguration; task assignment; terminal targets; Aerospace control; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft manufacture; Computer aided manufacturing; Fuels; Mathematics; Optimal control; Pulp manufacturing; Space vehicles; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 2001. Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7061-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.981029

Filename

981029