PMID- 32106445
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200302
LR  - 20200325
IS  - 1424-8220 (Electronic)
IS  - 1424-8220 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 5
DP  - 2020 Feb 25
TI  - Multi Criteria Decision Making for the Multi-Satellite Image Acquisition 
      Scheduling Problem.
LID - 10.3390/s20051242 [doi]
LID - 1242
AB  - The multi-satellite image acquisition scheduling problem is traditionally seen as 
      a complex optimization problem containing a generic objective function that 
      represents the priority structure of the satellite operator. However, the 
      majority of literature neglect the collective and contemporary effect of factors 
      associated with the operational goal in the objective function, i.e., uncertainty 
      in cloud cover, customer priority, image quality criteria, etc. Consequently, the 
      focus of the article is to integrate a real-time scoring approach of imaging 
      attempts that considers these aspects. This is accomplished in a multi-satellite 
      planning environment, through the utilization of the multi-criteria decision 
      making (MCDM) models, Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE-III) and 
      the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), 
      and the formulation of a binary linear programming model. The two scoring 
      approaches belong to different model classes of MCDM, respectively an outranking 
      approach and a distance to ideal point approach, and they are compared with a 
      naive approach. Numerical experiments are conducted to validate the models and 
      illustrate the importance of criteria neglected in previous studies. The results 
      demonstrate the customized behaviour allowed by MCDM methods, especially the 
      ELECTRE-III approach.
FAU - Vasegaard, Alex Elkjaer
AU  - Vasegaard AE
AD  - Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
FAU - Picard, Mathieu
AU  - Picard M
AD  - Airbus Defence and Space, Toulouse Area, 31555 Toulouse, France.
FAU - Hennart, Florent
AU  - Hennart F
AD  - Airbus Defence and Space, Toulouse Area, 31555 Toulouse, France.
FAU - Nielsen, Peter
AU  - Nielsen P
AD  - Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
FAU - Saha, Subrata
AU  - Saha S
AD  - Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200225
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sensors (Basel)
JT  - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101204366
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC7085556
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ELECTRE-III
OT  - TOPSIS
OT  - binary linear programming
OT  - earth observing satellite
OT  - image collection
OT  - multiple-criteria decision making
OT  - satellite image acquisition scheduling problem
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/02/29 06:00
MHDA- 2020/02/29 06:01
PMCR- 2020/03/01
CRDT- 2020/02/29 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/02/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/02/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/02/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/02/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - s20051242 [pii]
AID - sensors-20-01242 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/s20051242 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sensors (Basel). 2020 Feb 25;20(5):1242. doi: 10.3390/s20051242.