Trajectory Identification for Moving Loads by Multicriterial Optimization

Trajectory optimization under kinematical constraints for moving target search

Various recent events in the Mediterranean sea have shown the enormous importance of maritime search-and-rescue missions. By reducing the time to find floating victims, the number of casualties can be reduced. A major improvement can be achieved by employing unmanned aerial systems for autonomous search missions. In this context, the need for efficient search trajectory planning methods arises....

Utilizing Dual Information for Moving Target Search Trajectory Optimization

Various recent events have shown the enormous importance of maritime search-and-rescue missions. By reducing the time to find floating victims at sea, the number of casualties can be reduced. A major improvement can be achieved by employing autonomous aerial systems for autonomous search missions, allowed by the recent rise in technological development. In this context, the need for efficient s...

An Evolutionary Technique for Multicriterial Optimization Based on Endocrine Paradigm

Many evolutionary algorithms have been lately developed for solving multiobjective problems, appealing or not to the Pareto optimality concept. Although, the evolutionary techniques for multiobjective optimization confront with several issues as: elitism, diversity of the population, or efficient settings for the specific parameters of the algorithm. In this paper, we propose a new evolutionary...

Trajectory Optimization for a Multistage Launch Vehicle Using Nonlinear Programming

This work is an example of application of nonlinear programming to a problem of three-dimensional trajectory optimization for multistage launch vehicles for geostationary orbit missions. The main objective is to minimize fuel consumption or equivalently to maximize the payload. The launch vehicle considered here, Europa-II, consists of 5 thrust phases and 2 coast phases. Major parameters of the...

Minimum-weight Design for Moving Loads