On a Problem in Scheduling Time Dependent Events,

Abstract

The paper presents an approach to a problem in the scheduling of events in a time dependent context. The problem framework is a radar network wherein there are critical time thresholds for tracking satellites and for setting up and performing observations on board the satellites. The objective in the scheduling is to maximize the sum of the values associated with the experiments selected and performed. More specifically, the goal is to rapidly obtain good, near optimal solutions which satisfy the operating conditions of the environment. A procedure is outlined for testing sensitivity to weights on the relative value of various experiments. Computational results from implementation are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751290

Entities

People

  • Bennet P. Lientz
  • Henry L. Pfister

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Data Acquisition
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Observation
  • Production Engineering
  • Production Management Methods
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Sensitivity

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites