A collaborative design method for satellite module component assignment and layout optimization

Abstract

The collaborative design of the multi-module satellite component (equipment) assignment and layout is the key aspect of the overall satellite design, and the two parts are closely related. In the past, satellite module component layout optimization usually adopted fixed component assignments, which remained constant in the layout optimization stage. If the components were improperly distributed in these modules, it would seriously affect the layout optimization. To overcome this disadvantage, a collaborative design method for the component assignment and layout design is presented for the multi-module (or multi-bearing plate) satellite component layout problem, based on a multi-agent system. First, the component assignment agent adopted a multi-objective optimization method (the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II, NSGA-II) to obtain the approximate Pareto solution set of the satellite component assignment scheme. Second, it adopted a fuzzy multi-objective decision method to select a high-quality component assignment scheme from the approximate Pareto solution set. Third, the layout agent employed a dual system co-evolutionary method for the layout optimization design. In the process of the layout optimization, the layout result is fed back to the component assignment design, and the component assignment is adjusted according to the result of the layout optimization. Thus, the above process is continually iterated to achieve the optimal collaborative design of the component assignment and the layout. The proposed method is applied to a simplified multi-module satellite component assignment and layout optimization problem and aims to provide a reference and technical support for other similar multi-module equipment assignment and layout optimization problems.

Keywords

Multi-module satellite component assignment component layout satellite equipment layout optimization evolutionary algorithm

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