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Author:

Trageser, Katherine Helen

Title:

Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to Orbital Maneuvers in Astrodynamics

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
orbit
particle
swarm
maneuver
transfer
thrust
inclination
space
astrodynamics

File:

Download Trageser_Katherine_ParticleSwarm.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader

Author:

Honeychuck, Matthew C

Title:

Investigation of Initialization Methods for Particle Swarm Optimization of Finite-thrust Orbital Transfers

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

particle
swarm
optimization
finite
thrust
orbital
transfer
Sobol

File:

Download Honeychuck_Matthew_particleswarmoptimization.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader

Author:

Flanagan, Peter Thomas

Title:

Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to Finite Thrust Transfers between Two Circular Non-coplanar Orbits

Area of Honors:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Particle
Swarm
Optimization
finite
thrust
non-coplanar
circular
orbits
swarm
intelligence
scheme
space
trajectories

File:

Download Flanagan_ThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Faculty Reader
Dr. George A Lesieutre, Faculty Reader