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Satellite scheduling engine: The intelligent solver for future multi-satellite management

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  1. College of Systems Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China

    Yonghao Du & Yingguo Chen

  2. School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710075, China

    Lining Xing

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61773120 and 72201272), the Technical Field Foundation in 173 Program of National Defense Technology (Grant No. 2021-JCJQ-JJ-0049), and the Science Foundation of National University of Defense Technology (Grant No. ZK22-48).

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Du, Y., Xing, L. & Chen, Y. Satellite scheduling engine: The intelligent solver for future multi-satellite management. Front. Eng. Manag. 9, 683–688 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-022-0222-4

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