Fiscal Year	2017
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s)	Proulx, Ronald J. Ross, Isaac M.
Sponsor	Department of Defense Space (DoD)
Summary	We propose to a fundamentally new concept for collection planning and scheduling. In this approach, we use the indicator function to pose the problem as a non-smooth dynamic optimization problem. This is in sharp contrast to the current approach of posing it as an orienteering or a traveling salesman problem. Because our proposed approach removes heuristics and the need for an operator in the loop, rapid and autonomous tasking can be performed without incurring unnecessary penalties on other high-priority tasks.
Keywords	collection planning and scheduling non-smooth optimization thesis project
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