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Robust earth observation satellite scheduling with uncertainty of cloud coverage

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Wang, Xinwei, Song, Guopeng, Leus, Roel, Han, Chao·2020·IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

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Earth observation satellites (EOSs) are specially equipped with remote sensing instruments to acquire images. In practical EOS scheduling, the uncertainty of cloud coverage is inevitable. We are the first to address robust EOS scheduling under uncertainty due to cloud coverage where the objective function aims to maximize the entire observation profit. We provide a robust formulation of the scheduling problem on the basis of a budgeted uncertainty set, while preserving the formulation linearity. A column-generation-based heuristic is also developed, in which the scheduling decisions in each satellite orbit are represented as columns. Eventually, a high-quality feasible solution is obtained using the generated columns. Extensive simulations are conducted on the basis of one of China's EOS constellations. The results indicate that the average optimality gap is less than 5%, which validates the performance of the proposed heuristic.

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Authors
Wang, X., Song, G., Leus, R., & Han, C.
Affiliations
  • Beihang University (CN)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Published
2020-06
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
2450-2461
ISSN
  • 0018-9251 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-9603
  • 2371-9877
OpenAlex
W2981381983
Cited by
70
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 2
FWCI
4.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • China Scholarship Council
  • Beihang University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Satellite Communication Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
Keywords
robust optimization, column generation heuristic, satellite constellations

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