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Collection Planning and Scheduling for Multiple Heterogeneous Satellite Missions: Survey, Optimization Problem, and Mathematical Programming Formulation

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This chapter introduces novel integrated management of multiple heterogeneous satellite missions for the purpose of intelligence collection. The focus is on optimization of acquisition planning and scheduling for various missions including single satellites and satellite constellations. The relevant optimization problem and its mathematical programming formulation that allow multiple area coverage plans for each acquisition request, as well as consideration of the quality measures of coverage plan, strip, and imaging opportunity, are presented. The chapter consists of a multi-mission planning system overview, a survey of relevant literature, a definition of the integrated acquisition scheduling optimization problem and its mathematical programming formulation.

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  1. MDA Systems Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada

    Snezana Mitrovic-Minic & Darren Thomson

  2. DRDC, Valcartier Research Centre, Quebec City, QC, Canada

    Jean Berger

  3. DRDC Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Jeff Secker

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    János D. Pintér

Appendix: Survey Summary

Appendix: Survey Summary

Table 1 summarizes the literature survey presented in this chapter. The manuscripts are grouped by the solution approach in the following manner: exact methods, heuristics and metaheuristics, constraint programming, and bounds. Within each group, the manuscripts are listed chronologically.

Table 1 Summary of the literature on image acquisition scheduling for multi-satellite collection scheduling
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Mitrovic-Minic, S., Thomson, D., Berger, J., Secker, J. (2019). Collection Planning and Scheduling for Multiple Heterogeneous Satellite Missions: Survey, Optimization Problem, and Mathematical Programming Formulation. In: Fasano, G., Pintér, J. (eds) Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering . Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10501-3_11

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