Robust Mission Design Through Evidence Theory and Multi-Agent Collaborative Search

摘要

In this paper, the preliminary design of a space mission is approachedintroducing uncertainties on the design parameters and formulating theresulting reliable design problem as a multiobjective optimization problem.Uncertainties are modelled through evidence theory and the belief, orcredibility, in the successful achievement of mission goals is maximised alongwith the reliability of constraint satisfaction. The multiobjectiveoptimisation problem is solved through a novel algorithm based on thecollaboration of a population of agents in search for the set of highlyreliable solutions. Two typical problems in mission analysis are used toillustrate the proposed methodology.