Article ID: | iaor19921022 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 779 |
End Page Number: | 797 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
Authors: | Reilly Charles H. |
Keywords: | communications, heuristics, optimization |
The paper considers the problem of allotting locations in the geostationary orbit to communication satellites, subject to angle of elevation and electromagnetic interference constraints. An optimization framework is used as a means of finding feasible allotment plans. Specifically, the paper presents a two-phase solution procedure for the satellite location problem (SLP). The objective in SLP is to allot geostationary orbital locations to satellites so as to minimize the sum of the absolute differences between the locations prescribed for the satellites and corresponding specified desired locations. Two heuristics are described: an ordering procedure and a