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The paper suggests a multi-agent approach to planning of a spacecraft group for Earth remote sensing. The main constraints as well as assessment criteria of a spacecraft group planning efficiency are provided. Such a planning method is suggested, where the sought work schedule is built as a dynamic balance of spacecraft agents, observation area agents and data receiving point agents. Classes of agents as well as protocols of their interaction are described in the paper. There are considered conflict situations that occur between agents. The paper reports a planning system developed for target application of a spacecraft group, and proves the advantages of multi-agent approach to the management of a spacecraft group for Earth remote sensing.
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This work was carried out in SEC “Smart Solutions” Ltd. with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Contract № 14.576.21.0012, unique number RFMEFI57614X0012, and P. Skobelev—scientific advisor, E. Simonova—senior analyst, V. Travin—project manager, A. Zhilyaev—programmer).
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Skobelev, P., Simonova, E., Zhilyaev, A., Travin, V. (2016). Multi-Agent Planning of Spacecraft Group for Earth Remote Sensing. In: Borangiu, T., Trentesaux, D., Thomas, A., McFarlane, D. (eds) Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 640. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30337-6_28
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