@inproceedings{a7008df69252451ca345c06a0b5f0657,
title = "Lattice Formation in Space for a Swarm of Pico Satellites",
abstract = "We present a distributed control strategy that lets a swarm of satellites autonomously form a lattice in orbit around a planet. The system, based on the artificial potential field approach, proposes a novel way to split the artificial field in two main terms: a global artificial field that gathers the satellites around a predefined meeting point, and a local term that allows a satellite to place itself in the correct position relative to its closest neighbors. We apply the method to the problem of forming a two dimensional hexagonal lattice, using the well-known Lennard-Jones potential as local artificial field. The control parameters have been obtained with a genetic algorithm to maximize the precision of the formed lattice. The precision does not depend on the number of satellites and convergence is achieved from all initial distributions of the satellites.",
author = "Carlo Pinciroli and Mauro Birattari and Elio Tuci and Marco Dorigo and {Del Rey Zapatero}, Marco and Thamas Vinko and Dario Izzo",
note = "Pinciroli C., Birattari M., Tuci E., Dorigo M., Del Rey Zapatero M., Vinko T., Izzo D. Lattice Formation in Space for a Swarm of Pico Satellites. Sixth International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2008), LNCS 5217/2008, pp. 347-354, M. Dorigo et al. (Eds.), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008; 6th International Conference, ANTS 2008 ; Conference date: 22-09-2008 Through 24-09-2008",
year = "2008",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_36",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-540-87526-0",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "347--354",
editor = "Marco Dorigo and Mauro Birattari and Christian Blum and Maurice Clerc and Thomas St{\"u}tzle and Winfield, {Alan F. T.}",
booktitle = "Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence",
address = "Switzerland",
}