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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"mission planning"”.
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UAV mission planning under uncertainty
… that directs UAVs to targets and coordinates missions in a manner that provides an efficient allocation of resources. Additionally, a mission planner should account for the uncertainty inherent in the operations. Uncertainty, or stochasticity, manifests itself in most operations known to man. …
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Multiple autonomous vehicle mission planning and management
… thesis investigates multiple autonomous vehicle mission planning and management. It begins by introducing the basic concepts and objectives of the multivehicle mission-planning problem. Then it formulates the problem mathematically and analyzes parameters in the objective function. The solution …
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Multi-CubeSat mission planning enabled through parallel computing
… exploration platform for low earth orbit missions. These sub-10 kg satellites ride into space as tertiary payloads, kicked out of their launch vehicles after all other satellites have reached their target orbit, and are left to survive in whatever ride-share provided orbit they are …
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Composite mission variable formulation for real-time mission planning
… of the following areas: routing. real-time re-planning of aircraft. problem size capability, plan generation speed. and optimal packaging of aircraft. The purpose of the Composite Mission Variable Decomposition (CMVD) approach is to plan and re-plan air operations for a real conflict as it …
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Multi-server collaboration system for disaster relief mission planning
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Model-agnostic Methodology for High-Altitude Balloon Mission Planning
… is a need for modeling HABs in multi-domain missions, and a key challenge for incorporating them is their flight trajectory dependence on atmospheric conditions. The difficulty in working with atmospheric conditions is that forecasts can only be relatively accurate to a specific date, a few …
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Time-optimal multi-waypoint mission planning in dynamic flow fields
… use of exact equations to predict time-optimal mission plans for a marine vehicle that visits a number of locations in a given dynamic ocean current field. The missions demonstrated begin and end in the same location and visit a finite number of locations or waypoints in the minimal time; this …
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Mission planning and navigation support for lunar and planetary exploration
… activities (EVAs) ill be critical to overall mission success. This thesis investigates improving planetary EVAs via a support system to enable optimized mission operations. In order to develop a robustly effective aid capable of performing under the high time pressure, risk, and uncertainty …
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Human-centered robotics: challenges in socially-aware navigation and mission planning
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Implementation of a configurable small satellite design and mission planning tool
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Mission Planning Tool for space debris studies with the MeerKAT radar
… This dissertation details the development of a Mission Planning Tool (MPT) to perform sensor scheduling and to support the performance prediction and analysis of the proposed MeerKAT radar. The MeerKAT radar project proposal is made in the context of developing space surveillance and tracking …
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Flight control command generation in a real-time mission planning system
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990.
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Dynamic mission planning for communication control in multiple unmanned aircraft teams
… operate. Failure to communicate remotely sensed mission data to the base may render the system ineffective, and the inability to exchange command and control messages can lead to system failures. This thesis presents a unique method to control communications through distributed mission planning …
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Online Unmanned Ground Vehicle Mission Planning using Active Aerial Vehicle Exploration
… a framework for the exploration and path planning for a collaborative UAV and UGV system. The system is composed of a UAV with a stereo system for obstacle detection and a UGV with no sensors for obstacle detection. Two exploration algorithms were developed to guide the exploration of the …
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Development of a Constellation Simulator for a 5G/IoT Mission Planning System
<p>The advancement of 5G and Internet-of-Things technologies has presented new challenges for telecommunications providers. One of the challenges is integrating these technologies with present networks. A solution has been found in low-Earth orbit satellite constellations. On one hand, this method …
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Rapid On-Demand Launch Mission Planning for Timely Delivery of Spacecraft Constellations
… contributions of this work are creation of a mission planning system to deliver a constellation on-demand to observe a target from anywhere in the world using tactical airborne aircraft, combining existing vehicle models for aircraft, launch vehicle, satellite, and optimization tools to modify …
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Mission planning and remote operated vehicle simulation in a virtual reality interface
… scene investigation. During the Mars Pathfinder Mission, in summer 1997, NASA scientists unveiled a new application of virtual reality for the visualization of a planetary surface. The success of this application led to a more concentrated effort for using virtual reality visualization tools …
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Mission planning for coupled human-robot teams using adaptive human performance models
… enable cooperative multi-robot teams to execute missions in a coordinated fashion. These missions often entail completing discrete tasks in distinct locations to maximize reward (e.g. information) while minimizing cost (e.g. fuel and time) and adhering to spatial and temporal constraints (e.g. …
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Incident Response Enhancements using Streamlined UAV Mission Planning, Imaging, and Object Detection
… level of knowledge of UAV operations, including mission planning, low-level system operation, and data analysis. In this paper, a system is introduced to reduce required operator knowledge level via streamlined mission planning, in-flight object detection, and data presentation. For mission …
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Advanced mission planning and impact risk assessment of near-Earth asteroids in application to planetary defense
… is extremely important for planetary defense mission planning. Asteroids in Earth resonant orbits are particularly troublesome because of the continuous threat they pose in the future. Based on the trajectories of the asteroid and the Earth, feasible mission trajectories can be found to …
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