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Stochastic models for random request availability

  • Lee, Kang-W.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1992.04b
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    • pp.180-186
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    • 1992
  • A system is considered which is required to perform several tasks which arrive randomly during the fixed mission duration.

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Robustness for Scalable Autonomous UAV Operations

  • Jung, Sunghun;Ariyur, Kartik B.
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.767-779
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    • 2017
  • Automated mission planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is difficult because of the propagation of several sources of error into the solution, as for any large scale autonomous system. To ensure reliable system performance, we quantify all sources of error and their propagation through a mission planner for operation of UAVs in an obstacle rich environment we developed in prior work. In this sequel to that work, we show that the mission planner developed before can be made robust to errors arising from the mapping, sensing, actuation, and environmental disturbances through creating systematic buffers around obstacles using the calculations of uncertainty propagation. This robustness makes the mission planner truly autonomous and scalable to many UAVs without human intervention. We illustrate with simulation results for trajectory generation of multiple UAVs in a surveillance problem in an urban environment while optimizing for either maximal flight time or minimal fuel consumption. Our solution methods are suitable for any well-mapped region, and the final collision free paths are obtained through offline sub-optimal solution of an mTSP (multiple traveling salesman problem).

A Statistical Method on the Estimation of the Maintenance Manpower of Aircraft (통계적 방법을 이용한 항공기 정비인력산정)

  • 송근우;최석철
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.70-88
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    • 2000
  • In this research we consider a statistical model to estimate the optimal maintenance manpower of aircraft which we use at present. We design a multiple regression model, apply to three types of aircraft to estimate the optimal maintenance manpower of aircraft. This paper provides reasonable results about maintenance manpower of aircraft, and contributes accomplishment of mission for air and air support operations.

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Behavior-based Control Considering the Interaction Between a Human Operator and an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (운용자와 자율 무인선 상호 작용을 고려한 행위 기반의 제어 알고리즘)

  • Cho, Yonghoon;Kim, Jonghwi;Kim, Jinwhan;Jo, Yongjin;Ryu, Jaekwan
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.620-626
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    • 2019
  • With the development of robot technology, the expectation of autonomous mission operations has increased, and the research on robot control architectures and mission planners has continued. A scalable and robust control architecture is required for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to perform a variety of tasks, such as surveillance, reconnaissance, and search and rescue operations, in unstructured and time-varying maritime environments. In this paper, we propose a robot control architecture along with a new utility function that can be extended to various applications for USVs. Also, an additional structure is proposed to reflect the operator's command and improve the performance of the autonomous mission. The proposed architecture was developed using a robot operating system (ROS), and the performance and feasibility of the architecture were verified through simulations.

Study for the Information Operations for Long Unattended Periods of Time at the Space System

  • Kim, Han-Woong
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2003
  • The space systems are being operated in a uncertain space environment and are desired to have autonomous capability for long periods of time without frequent telecommunications with the ground station. At the same time, requirements for new set of satellite system set of projects/systems calling for "autonomous" operations for long unattended periods of time are emerging. Since, by the nature of space systems, it is desired to perform its mission flawlessly and also it is of extreme importance to have fault-tolerant sensors and actuators for the purpose of validating science measurement data for the mission success. This studies focused on the identification/demonstration of critical technology innovations that will be applied to the Validation Control System.

APPLICABLE TRACKING DATA ARCS FOR NORAD TLE ORBIT DETERMINATION OF THE KOMPSAT-1 SATELLITE USING GPS NAVIGATION SOLUTIONS

  • Lee, Byoung-Sun
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.243-248
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    • 2005
  • NORAD Two Line Element (TLE) is very useful to simplify the ground station antenna pointing and mission operations. When a satellite operations facility has the capability to determine NORAD type TLE which is independent of NORAD, it is important to analyze the applicable tracking data arcs for obtaining the best possible orbit. The applicable tracking data arcs for NORAD independent TLE orbit determination of the KOMPSAT-1 using GPS navigation solutions was analyzed for the best possible orbit determination and propagation results. Data spans of the GPS navigation solutions from 1 day to 5 days were used for TLE orbit determination and the results were used as Initial orbit for SGP4 orbit propagation. The operational orbit determination results using KOMPSAT-1 Mission Analysis and Planning System(MAPS) were used as references for the comparisons. The best-matched orbit determination was obtained when 3 days of GPS navigation solutions were used. The resulting 4 days of orbit propagation results were within 2 km of the KOMPSAI-1 MAPS results.

A Study on the Decsion of Aircraft Demand for Air to Surface Mission (공대지임무의 항공기 소요 판단에 관한 연구)

  • 박재규;김충영
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.141-152
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    • 1996
  • Currently, North Korea is increasing strategic weapons such as MIG-29, SUCD missle, Nodong #1 missle, etc. This paper focuses on developing the deciding the number of aircraft required for air to surface mission against strategic targets in North Korea. The model is developed under assumptions that weapon types of aircrafts are known and killing probabilities in each case can be estimated. The model is derived on the basis of the TAIM(Theater Air Interdiction Model) which is used in DOD of U.S.A. We utilizes recursive linear programming and dynamic technique in the model in order to solve aircraft allocations for strategic targets which are provided in day time basis. The required number of aircrafts can be obtained from the model output. Finally an example problem is solved using techniques developed in the paper.

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A Study on the Framework for Analyzing the Effectiveness of Cyber Weapon Systems Associated with Cyberspace and Physical Space (사이버 공간과 물리 공간이 연계된 사이버 무기체계의 효과성 분석 프레임워크 연구)

  • Jang, Ji-su;Kim, Kook-jin;Yoon, Suk-joon;Park, Min-seo;Ahn, Myung-Kil;Shin, Dong-kyoo
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.111-126
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    • 2022
  • As operations that were only conducted in physical space in the past change to operations that include cyberspace, it is necessary to analyze how cyber attacks affect weapon systems using cyber systems. For this purpose, it would be meaningful to analyze a tool that analyzes the effects of physical weapon systems in connection with cyber. The ROK military has secured and is operating the US JMEM, which contains the results of analyzing the effects of physical weapon systems. JMEM is applied only to conventional weapon systems, so it is impossible to analyze the impact of cyber weapon systems. In this study, based on the previously conducted cyber attack damage assessment framework, a framework for analyzing the impact of cyber attacks on physical missions was presented. To this end, based on the MOE and MOP of physical warfare, a cyber index for the analysis of cyber weapon system effectiveness was calculated. In addition, in conjunction with JMEM, which is used as a weapon system effect manual in physical operations, a framework was designed and tested to determine the mission impact by comparing and analyzing the results of the battle in cyberspace with the effects of physical operations. In order to prove the proposed framework, we analyzed and designed operational scenarios through domestic and foreign military manuals and previous studies, defined assets, and conducted experiments. As a result of the experiment, the larger the decrease in the cyber mission effect value, the greater the effect on physical operations. It can be used to predict the impact of physical operations caused by cyber attacks in various operations, and it will help the battlefield commander to make quick decisions.

A Geometric Compression Method Using Dominant Points for Transmission to LEO Satellites

  • Ko, Kwang Hee;Ahn, Hyo-Sung;Wang, Semyung;Choi, Sujin;Jung, Okchul;Chung, Daewon;Park, Hyungjun
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.622-630
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    • 2016
  • In the operation of a low earth orbit satellite, a series of antenna commands are transmitted from a ground station to the satellite within a visibility window (i.e., the time period for which an antenna of the satellite is visible from the station) and executed to control the antenna. The window is a limited resource where all data transmission is carried out. Therefore, minimizing the transmission time for the antenna commands by reducing the data size is necessary in order to provide more time for the transmission of other data. In this paper, we propose a geometric compression method based on B-spline curve fitting using dominant points in order to compactly represent the antenna commands. We transform the problem of command size reduction into a geometric problem that is relatively easier to deal with. The command data are interpreted as points in a 2D space. The geometric properties of the data distribution are considered to determine the optimal parameters for a curve approximating the data with sufficient accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method is superior to conventional methods currently used in practice.

Mission Planning for Underwater Survey with Autonomous Marine Vehicles

  • Jang, Junwoo;Do, Haggi;Kim, Jinwhan
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2022
  • With the advancement of intelligent vehicles and unmanned systems, there is a growing interest in underwater surveys using autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs). This study presents an automated planning strategy for a long-term survey mission using a fleet of AMVs consisting of autonomous surface vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles. Due to the complex nature of the mission, the actions of the vehicle must be of high-level abstraction, which means that the actions indicate not only motion of the vehicle but also symbols and semantics, such as those corresponding to deploy, charge, and survey. For automated planning, the planning domain definition language (PDDL) was employed to construct a mission planner for realizing a powerful and flexible planning system. Despite being able to handle abstract actions, such high-level planners have difficulty in efficiently optimizing numerical objectives such as obtaining the shortest route given multiple destinations. To alleviate this issue, a widely known technique in operations research was additionally employed, which limited the solution space so that the high-level planner could devise efficient plans. For a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed method, various PDDL-based planners with different parameter settings were implemented, and their performances were compared through simulation. The simulation result shows that the proposed method outperformed the baseline solutions by yielding plans that completed the missions more quickly, thereby demonstrating the efficacy of the proposed methodology.