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An Improved Social Force Model For Crowd Simulation, Changhua Li, Yang Jing, Zhijie Li Mar 2021

An Improved Social Force Model For Crowd Simulation, Changhua Li, Yang Jing, Zhijie Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the traditional social force model, it is difficult to deal with the problems of single pedestrian trajectory and loose crowd in the process of crowd evacuation, and an improved social force model is proposed. Based on the original social force model, the movement trajectory of the person is changed by considering the choice of the movement direction The intensity of panic and attraction in the process of pedestrian evacuation is considered to reproduce the self-organizing behavior in the process of pedestrian evacuation, and the simulations are performed in individual and group mode. The authenticity of the …


Research On The Method Of Operational Concept Description Based On Sysml, Siming Peng, Xiao Gang, Qingzhang Yu, Zeming Li Mar 2021

Research On The Method Of Operational Concept Description Based On Sysml, Siming Peng, Xiao Gang, Qingzhang Yu, Zeming Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the convenience of understanding and communication between researchers among different domains, the standardized method for operational concept description is preferred. Hence, based on the principles of systems architecture, the System Model Language (SysML) is proposed for the visualized and standardized description of operational concept. The form of combination for Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and SysML during the description of operational concept is analyzed, and the multi-view point products are used to descript the operational background, capability requirement and systems architecture as well as the operational activity of operational concept. The "Distributed Lethality" is utilized as an …


Simulation Platform For Source-Load Control Of Active Power Based On Modular Architecture, Hu Yang, Wenying Liu, Liping Zhu, Li Xiao, Weizhou Wang Mar 2021

Simulation Platform For Source-Load Control Of Active Power Based On Modular Architecture, Hu Yang, Wenying Liu, Liping Zhu, Li Xiao, Weizhou Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The integrated proportion of wind power is increasing year by year, and the source-load coordinated control of active power can effectively improve the level of wind power consumption. In order to ensure the effective application of the strategy, a simulation platform based on modular architecture is developed for source-load control of active power, including SQL Server database, timing control module of data interaction, calculation module of source-load control strategy, and output display module. The simulation platform solves the automatic control of data interaction timing in the process of source-load control, and visualizes the effect of the source-load control, so …


Path Designing Of Multi-Omnidirectional Wheel Collaborative Sorting Platform, Li Qi, Wang Wei Mar 2021

Path Designing Of Multi-Omnidirectional Wheel Collaborative Sorting Platform, Li Qi, Wang Wei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problems of low efficiency, high labor cost and low flexibility of traditional logistics sorting system, an automatic logistics sorting system is designed. The improved A* algorithm and the artificial potential field method are used to realize the automatic path planning of the system by taking the transportation path as the research object. The A* algorithm is improved by adjusting the weights of actual cost and estimated cost, and the artificial potential field method is improved by adding virtual sub-target points and adjusting adaptive parameters, so as to complete the function of path planning of goods. Simulation …


Performance Evaluation Method For Load Control System Considering “Two Detailed Rules”, Yinsong Wang, Wang Kai Mar 2021

Performance Evaluation Method For Load Control System Considering “Two Detailed Rules”, Yinsong Wang, Wang Kai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the promulgation of the "two detailed rules" of regional power grid,the requirements by power system thermal power units are more and more strict, and has greatly affected their economic development. In order to combine the performance evaluation theory of multivariable control system with the engineering practice, the covariance index of multivariable control system is improved, and the assessment method of AGC (Automatic Generation Control) is analyzed and summarized. The improved covariance index of load Control system and the economic index based on the "two detailed rules" are proposed, and the comprehensive evaluation of load Control system is made …


Research On Indoor Emergency Evacuation Simulation Of Multi-Exit Based On Social Force Model, Haixiang Guo, Zeng Yang, Weiming Chen Mar 2021

Research On Indoor Emergency Evacuation Simulation Of Multi-Exit Based On Social Force Model, Haixiang Guo, Zeng Yang, Weiming Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the frequent occurrence of emergencies, how to evacuate dense pedestrians safely from indoor space with limited export is the key and difficult point of emergency evacuation research. Taking a university auditorium as an example to simulate through Anylogic, and the degree of consciousness is introduced to comprehensively reflect the safety education, safety training and familiarity of pedestrians and the expected speed of pedestrians in the primary social force model is improved. To solve the problem of uneven utilization of exports in multi-exit indoor, optimization plans including partition guidance and change the structure of exports are proposed. Simulation results …


A Survey Of Edge Computing Resource Allocation And Task Scheduling Optimization, Wang Ling, Chuge Wu, Wenhui Fan Mar 2021

A Survey Of Edge Computing Resource Allocation And Task Scheduling Optimization, Wang Ling, Chuge Wu, Wenhui Fan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile terminals, the concept of edge computing arises. By moving the computation and storage capacity to the edge of network, edge computing is able to deal with a large amount of data produced by IoT devices and the responsive request from IoT application. To improve the utility of edge resource, the quality of service and quality of user experience, resource allocation and task scheduling optimization problems under edge computing attract wide attention. It becomes more difficult due to the geographic separated and heterogeneous features of edge computing resource as …


Simulation Analysis Of Impact Of Complex Network On Herd Effect, Li Feng, Wei Ying Mar 2021

Simulation Analysis Of Impact Of Complex Network On Herd Effect, Li Feng, Wei Ying

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Herd behavior is valuable but complicated. The impact of different type complex network on herd effect is analyzed by multi-agent modeling and simulation. In the model, herd behavior of decision-maker is modeled based on the advanced evidences from empirical study. Through simulation, not only the conclusions drawn from traditional mathematical modeling are verified, but also the whole evolving process of herd effect is inspected and the evolving speed related features can be used to evaluate performances of herd effect. More important, simulation results show the network structure of different type complex networks is one of the key factors …


Sar Image Target Recognition Based On Across Convolution Network Feature Fusion, Xinyang Feng, Shao Chao Mar 2021

Sar Image Target Recognition Based On Across Convolution Network Feature Fusion, Xinyang Feng, Shao Chao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Convolutional neural networks have been widely used in the field of synthetic aperture radar image target recognition. Based on the LeNet-5 neural network model, a SAR image target recognition method are initialized across convolution network feature fusion is proposed. The LeNet-5 network parameters on the basis of MNIST handwritten data. The deep and shallow features of the SAR image are extracted, and the principal component analysis on the shallow features is performed to obtain key category information. Deep features and shallow features are fused and are classified and recognised by sent to collaborative representation. Experimental results show that …


Regional Integrated Energy System Model Based On Seasonal Load Difference, Songzhi Zhang Mar 2021

Regional Integrated Energy System Model Based On Seasonal Load Difference, Songzhi Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the coupling of electricity, heat and natural gas in the integrated regional comprehensive energy system, proposes a general energy hub model considering the load difference between winter and summer is proposed. The establishes the coupling matrix under the model is established, combined with, and combines the steady-state calculation method of natural gas network and distribution network, and develops different operation modes are developed to restrain the fluctuation of distribution network voltage and natural gas network pressure. The simulation is carried out on MATLAB/Simulink platform. The results show that the proposed model and calculation …


Comparative Study Of Energy Management Strategy Based On Value Loss Of Tram Hybrid Power System, Guo Ai, Chen Chao, Junjie Shi, Zhengjie Liu, Weirong Chen, Jiayi Liang, Liu Nan Mar 2021

Comparative Study Of Energy Management Strategy Based On Value Loss Of Tram Hybrid Power System, Guo Ai, Chen Chao, Junjie Shi, Zhengjie Liu, Weirong Chen, Jiayi Liang, Liu Nan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to comprehensively evaluate the economy of fuel cell hybrid power system for tram and improve its durability, a value loss function based on the life of fuel cell and lithium battery in hybrid system is proposed. The demanded power in actual conditions is adopted and the value loss function is used to analyze the three energy policies including the state machine, power following, and minimum equivalent hydrogen consumption. The simulation results show that the value loss of state machine strategy is the smallest, and compared with power following and equivalent hydrogen consumption minimization strategies, this method …


Technology Evolution Network Model And Simulation Based On Patent Citation Network, You Ge, Guo Hao, Liu Xiang Mar 2021

Technology Evolution Network Model And Simulation Based On Patent Citation Network, You Ge, Guo Hao, Liu Xiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: On the basis of on the patent citation network and complex networks, a technology evolution network model is constrcucted, which revealed the topology structure, evolution rules and dynamics of the technology evolution network. By introducing time and fitness preferential attachments mechanism, the effect of time factor and selection law of “survival of the fittest” on evolution of network structure during the technology evolution is studied. The results showed that the technology evolution network had the characteristic of scale-free, which is the result of global selection of “survival of the fittest” in the process of technology accumulation; The effect of …


Modeling And Simulation Technology Of Flight Maneuver For Large Scale Battlefield, Chu Yang, Liu Zhi, Lintao Dou Mar 2021

Modeling And Simulation Technology Of Flight Maneuver For Large Scale Battlefield, Chu Yang, Liu Zhi, Lintao Dou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to meet the requirements of the system simulation acceleration ability of the intelligent countermeasure game system, analyzes the large-scale battlefield space large-scale air force simulation modeling method is analyzed. Combined with the requirements of the system countermeasure for the fidelity, real-time and accuracy of the air vehicle modeling, based on the original air vehicle motion model, by reducing variables, simplifying parameters, equivalent calculation and other methods, a fast flight maneuver simulation modeling method is derived, which can realize the correct modeling of the trajectory and attitude of the aircraft, conform to the general flight physical laws, meet …


Simulation Of Benefit Distribution In Platform Delivery Mode, Zheng Wen, Chenxi Dou, Zhe Zhang Mar 2021

Simulation Of Benefit Distribution In Platform Delivery Mode, Zheng Wen, Chenxi Dou, Zhe Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the benefit distribution relationship of platform delivery mode(PDM), the multi-agents-based model is applied to construct the benefit distribution of PDM. The Swarm simulation platform is used to explore the trading status changes of the participants under different scales; Considering the cost-profit condition, the sense of relative deprivation is introduced as the index to express the individual perception in exploring the emergency of the co-effective relationship of the individual perception and the benefit distribution in systematic and emergence points. The model and its results can reveal the benefit distribution states of the existing PDM structure and the collective …


Improved Flower Pollination Algorithm Based Deployment Optimization Of Wireless Sensor Network, Zhendong Wang, Huamao Xie, Zhongdong Hu, Dahai Li, Junling Wang Mar 2021

Improved Flower Pollination Algorithm Based Deployment Optimization Of Wireless Sensor Network, Zhendong Wang, Huamao Xie, Zhongdong Hu, Dahai Li, Junling Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To optimize the coverage problem of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) Heterogeneous nodes with obstacles in the monitoring area, based on the flower pollination algorithm (FPA), an improved flower pollination algorithm (IFPA) is proposed. IFPA is used to improve the shortcomings of the original algorithm with slow convergence speed and low precision. The nonlinear convergence factor is designed to constrain the original scaling factor, the Tent mapping is used to maintain the diversity of the population in the late iteration, and the greedy crossover strategy is used to assist the poor individuals to search with better individuals. The experiment of …


Research On Agv Simulation System Based On Interactive Control, Juntao Xiong, Zhonghang Li, Guomao Lin, Shengwei Wu, Dongting Lin, Qiafeng Li, Wenchun Xiao Mar 2021

Research On Agv Simulation System Based On Interactive Control, Juntao Xiong, Zhonghang Li, Guomao Lin, Shengwei Wu, Dongting Lin, Qiafeng Li, Wenchun Xiao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: During the process of actual tasks, automated guided vehicle may have will meet some problems, such as incomplete real-time monitoring, off-track, etc. An AGV simulation system based on interactive control is designed. The visual system guides the operation of real AGV, and the simulation system establishes the virtual AGV motion model according to the driving rules of the real AGV. By obtaining and processing the driving data of the real AGV, the operation of the real AGV are simulated in real time .The algorithm of track correction detects the operation status and performs remote synchronous correction when the real …


Network Traffic Anomaly Detection Method For Imbalanced Data, Shuqin Dong, Bin Zhang Mar 2021

Network Traffic Anomaly Detection Method For Imbalanced Data, Shuqin Dong, Bin Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the poor detection performances caused by the low feature extraction accuracy of rare traffic attacks from scarce samples, a network traffic anomaly detection method for imbalanced data is proposed. A traffic anomaly detection model is designed, in which the traffic features in different feature spaces are learned by alternating activation functions, architectures, corrupted rates and dropout rates of stacked denoising autoencoder (SDA), and the low accuracy in extracting features of rare traffic attacks in a single space is solved. A batch normalization algorithm is designed, and the Adam algorithm is adopted to train parameters of …


Study On Navigation Simulation Method Of Crude Oil Fleet In Bridge Area, Chunhui Zhou, Hongxun Huang, Wanxia Yi, Lijia Chen, Yuanqiao Wen, Linxu Tan Mar 2021

Study On Navigation Simulation Method Of Crude Oil Fleet In Bridge Area, Chunhui Zhou, Hongxun Huang, Wanxia Yi, Lijia Chen, Yuanqiao Wen, Linxu Tan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the safety of over-scale fleet sailing through bridge, the water area of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is taken as the research area. Numerical simulation of flow field is conducted based on MIKE software to analyze the changes of water flow in different water periods and their effects on ship navigation. On this basis, according to the simulation results of the flow field, several test conditions are set up by using the Large Ship Maneuvering Simulator to carry out the simulation test of over-scale fleet sailing through the bridge. The results show that under the preset wind …


Intelligent Genetic Algorithm For Workforce Scheduling Considering Service Level In It Maintenance Service, Ruiying Chen, Chengtao Wang, Zhenyuan Liu Mar 2021

Intelligent Genetic Algorithm For Workforce Scheduling Considering Service Level In It Maintenance Service, Ruiying Chen, Chengtao Wang, Zhenyuan Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at resolving the faults quickly and effectively with limited human resource,an IT maintenance service model with the consideration of service level is proposed, A knowledge model is proposed,a variety of mutation operators and crossover operators are designed. and the improved genetic algorithm (IGA), the intelligent genetic algorithm based on knowledge model (KIGA) and the adaptive intelligent genetic algorithm based on knowledge model (KAIGA) are formed. The results show that the adaptive mutation and crossover probability can accelerate the convergence speed of the solution, and the knowledge model can also improve the optimization effect of the solution


Research On Generation Technology Of Computer Generated Force In Lvc Training System, Gao Ang, Zhiming Dong, Guohui Zhang, Liang Tao, Qisheng Guo Mar 2021

Research On Generation Technology Of Computer Generated Force In Lvc Training System, Gao Ang, Zhiming Dong, Guohui Zhang, Liang Tao, Qisheng Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: LVC training system of the combat equipment under the condition of confrontation is an effective means of training, aiming at the problem that in LVC training system, computer generated forces are difficult to meet the demand of training problems. The concept of LVC training and LVC training system is clarified, according to the relationship between model and system structure, the corresponding modeling technology requirements of three different hierarchical models, namely logical range entity configuration, command entity and combat entity, are expounded. According to the specific requirements, four computer-generated force generation methods are proposed, namely, logical target range virtual and …


Exploring The Use Of Neural Transformers For Psycholinguistics, Antonio Laverghetta Jr. Mar 2021

Exploring The Use Of Neural Transformers For Psycholinguistics, Antonio Laverghetta Jr.

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Deep learning has the potential to help solve numerous problems in cognitive science andeducation, by providing us a way to model the cognitive profiles of individual people. If this were possible, it would allow us to design targeted tests and suggest specific remediation based on each individual’s needs. On the flip side, employing techniques from psychology can give us insight into the underlying skillsets neural networks have acquired during training, addressing the interpretability concern. This thesis explores these ideas in the context of transformer language models, which have achieved state-of-the-art results on virtually every natural language processing (NLP) task. First, …


A Deep Learning Approach To Diagnostic Classification Of Prostate Cancer Using Pathology–Radiology Fusion, Pegah Khosravi, Maria Lysandrou, Mahmoud Eljalby, Qianzi Li, Ehsan Kazemi, Pantelis Zisimopoulos, Alexandros Sigaras, Matthew Brendel, Josue Barnes, Camir Ricketts, Dmitry Meleshko, Andy Yat, Timothy D. Mcclure, Brian D. Robinson, Andrea Sboner, Olivier Elemento, Bilal Chughtai, Iman Hajirasouliha Mar 2021

A Deep Learning Approach To Diagnostic Classification Of Prostate Cancer Using Pathology–Radiology Fusion, Pegah Khosravi, Maria Lysandrou, Mahmoud Eljalby, Qianzi Li, Ehsan Kazemi, Pantelis Zisimopoulos, Alexandros Sigaras, Matthew Brendel, Josue Barnes, Camir Ricketts, Dmitry Meleshko, Andy Yat, Timothy D. Mcclure, Brian D. Robinson, Andrea Sboner, Olivier Elemento, Bilal Chughtai, Iman Hajirasouliha

Publications and Research

Background

A definitive diagnosis of prostate cancer requires a biopsy to obtain tissue for pathologic analysis, but this is an invasive procedure and is associated with complications.

Purpose

To develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model (named AI-biopsy) for the early diagnosis of prostate cancer using magnetic resonance (MR) images labeled with histopathology information.

Study Type

Retrospective.

Population

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data sets from 400 patients with suspected prostate cancer and with histological data (228 acquired in-house and 172 from external publicly available databases).

Field Strength/Sequence

1.5 to 3.0 Tesla, T2-weighted image pulse sequences.

Assessment

MR images reviewed and selected …


Wider Vision: Enriching Convolutional Neural Networks Via Alignment To External Knowledge Bases, Xuehao Liu, Sarah Jane Delany, Susan Mckeever Mar 2021

Wider Vision: Enriching Convolutional Neural Networks Via Alignment To External Knowledge Bases, Xuehao Liu, Sarah Jane Delany, Susan Mckeever

Conference papers

Deep learning models suffer from opaqueness. For Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), current research strategies for explaining models focus on the target classes within the associated training dataset. As a result, the understanding of hidden feature map activations is limited by the discriminative knowledge gleaned during training. The aim of our work is to explain and expand CNNs models via the mirroring or alignment of the network to an external knowledge base. This will allow us to give a semantic context or label for each visual feature. Using the resultant aligned embedding space, we can match CNN feature activations to nodes …


Node Classification On Relational Graphs Using Deep-Rgcns, Nagasai Chandra Mar 2021

Node Classification On Relational Graphs Using Deep-Rgcns, Nagasai Chandra

Master's Theses

Knowledge Graphs are fascinating concepts in machine learning as they can hold usefully structured information in the form of entities and their relations. Despite the valuable applications of such graphs, most knowledge bases remain incomplete. This missing information harms downstream applications such as information retrieval and opens a window for research in statistical relational learning tasks such as node classification and link prediction. This work proposes a deep learning framework based on existing relational convolutional (R-GCN) layers to learn on highly multi-relational data characteristic of realistic knowledge graphs for node property classification tasks. We propose a deep and improved variant, …


Cyclic Pursuit, Daniel E. Oke Mar 2021

Cyclic Pursuit, Daniel E. Oke

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes cyclic pursuit with the intent of developing swarm attack strategies for autonomous agents. Research was focused on finding the effects of pursuers capture range, evader speed and size of formation on the probability of escape. The temporal evolution of several polygonal formations was analyzed. The polygons could be regular or arbitrary polygons. The thesis demonstrated that an increased capture range, formation size, reduced evader speed aided capture probability. Irregular n-gon formations reduced to n-1 gon repeatedly, pursuer clusters formed until two clusters remained which eventually came together, so all the n pursuers coalesced until convergence. Regular n-gon …


Wg2An: Synthetic Wound Image Generation Using Generative Adversarial Network, Salih Sarp, Murat Kuzlu, Emmanuel Wilson, Ozgur Guler Mar 2021

Wg2An: Synthetic Wound Image Generation Using Generative Adversarial Network, Salih Sarp, Murat Kuzlu, Emmanuel Wilson, Ozgur Guler

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

In part due to its ability to mimic any data distribution, Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) algorithms have been successfully applied to many applications, such as data augmentation, text-to-image translation, image-to-image translation, and image inpainting. Learning from data without crafting loss functions for each application provides broader applicability of the GAN algorithm. Medical image synthesis is also another field that the GAN algorithm has great potential to assist clinician training. This paper proposes a synthetic wound image generation model based on GAN architecture to increase the quality of clinical training. The proposed model is trained on chronic wound datasets with various …


How Do Users Answer Matlab Questions On Q&A Sites? A Case Study On Stack Overflow And Mathworks, Mahshid Naghashzadeh, Amir Hagshenas, Ashkan Sami, David Lo Mar 2021

How Do Users Answer Matlab Questions On Q&A Sites? A Case Study On Stack Overflow And Mathworks, Mahshid Naghashzadeh, Amir Hagshenas, Ashkan Sami, David Lo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

MATLAB is an engineering programming language with various toolboxes that has a dedicated Question and Answer (Q&A) platform on the MathWorks website, which is similar to Stack Overflow (SO). Moreover, some MATLAB users ask their questions on SO. This paper aims to compare these two Q&A platforms to see what kind of questions are asked and how developers answer these questions in each platform. The result of our analysis on 80,382 MATLAB questions on SO and 266,367 questions on MathWorks show that MATLAB questions on topics ranging from the MATLAB software installation to questions related to programming received high votes …


Is The Ground Truth Really Accurate? Dataset Purification For Automated Program Repair, Deheng Yang, Yan Lei, Xiaoguang Mao, David Lo, Huan Xie, Meng Yan Mar 2021

Is The Ground Truth Really Accurate? Dataset Purification For Automated Program Repair, Deheng Yang, Yan Lei, Xiaoguang Mao, David Lo, Huan Xie, Meng Yan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Datasets of real-world bugs shipped with human-written patches are intensively used in the evaluation of existing automated program repair (APR) techniques, wherein the human-written patches always serve as the ground truth, for manual or automated assessment approaches, to evaluate the correctness of test-suite adequate patches. An inaccurate human-written patch tangled with other code changes will pose threats to the reliability of the assessment results. Therefore, the construction of such datasets always requires much manual effort on isolating real bug fixes from bug fixing commits. However, the manual work is time-consuming and prone to mistakes, and little has been known on …


Learning To Assess The Quality Of Stroke Rehabilitation Exercises, Min Hun Lee, Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Smailagic, Alexandre Bernardino, Sergi Bermúdez I Badia Mar 2021

Learning To Assess The Quality Of Stroke Rehabilitation Exercises, Min Hun Lee, Daniel P. Siewiorek, Asim Smailagic, Alexandre Bernardino, Sergi Bermúdez I Badia

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Due to the limited number of therapists, task-oriented exercises are often prescribed for post-stroke survivors as in-home rehabilitation. During in-home rehabilitation, a patient may become unmotivated or confused to comply prescriptions without the feedback of a therapist. To address this challenge, this paper proposes an automated method that can achieve not only qualitative, but also quantitative assessment of stroke rehabilitation exercises. Specifically, we explored a threshold model that utilizes the outputs of binary classifiers to quantify the correctness of a movements into a performance score. We collected movements of 11 healthy subjects and 15 post-stroke survivors using a Kinect sensor …


Low-Cost Terrestrial Demonstration Of Autonomous Satellite Proximity Operations, Zackary R. Hewitt Mar 2021

Low-Cost Terrestrial Demonstration Of Autonomous Satellite Proximity Operations, Zackary R. Hewitt

Theses and Dissertations

The lack of satellite servicing capabilities significantly impacts the development and operation of current orbital assets. With autonomous solutions under consideration for servicing, the purpose of this research is to build and validate a low-cost hardware platform to expedite the development of autonomous satellite proximity operations. This research aims to bridge the gap between simulation and existing higher fidelity hardware testing with an affordable alternative. An omnidirectional variant of the commercially available TurtleBot3 mobile robot is presented as a 3-DOF testbed that demonstrates a satellite servicing inspection scenario. Reference trajectories for the scenario are generated via optimal control using the …