Fuel-Efficient on-Orbit Service Vehicle Allocation Based on an Improved Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Wu Jian, Liu Qingguo, Liu Xinxue and Li Yaxiong

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2020, vol. 2020, 1-14

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Given the limited fuel capacity of an on-orbit service vehicle (OSV), proper OSV allocation to satellites during each service mission is critical for economic fuel consumption. This allocation problem can be formulated as an optimization problem with many continuous and discrete design variables of wide domains. This problem can be effectively handled through the proposed approach that combines the tabu search with the discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm (DPSO-TS). First of all, Pontryagin’s minimum principle and genetic algorithm (GA) are exploited to find the most fuel-efficient transfer trajectory. This fuel efficiency maximization can then serve as the performance index of the OSV allocation optimization model problem. In particular, the maximization of the minimum residual fuel over individual OSVs is proposed as a performance index for OSV allocation optimization. The optimization problem is numerically solved through the proposed DPSO-TS algorithm. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate that the DPSO-TS algorithm has a higher accuracy compared to the DPSO, the DPSO-PDM and the DPSO-CSA algorithms in the premise that these four algorithms have the basically same computational time. The DPSO-TS algorithm can effectively solve the OSV allocation optimization problem.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/5683698

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