TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Low-Thrust Mission Analysis and Global Trajectory Optimization Using Evolutionary Neurocontrol: New Results T2 - European Workshop on Space Mission Analysis ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany 10 { 12 Dec 2007 N2 - Interplanetary trajectories for low-thrust spacecraft are often characterized by multiple revolutions around the sun. Unfortunately, the convergence of traditional trajectory optimizers that are based on numerical optimal control methods depends strongly on an adequate initial guess for the control function (if a direct method is used) or for the starting values of the adjoint vector (if an indirect method is used). Especially when many revolutions around the sun are re- quired, trajectory optimization becomes a very difficult and time-consuming task that involves a lot of experience and expert knowledge in astrodynamics and optimal control theory, because an adequate initial guess is extremely hard to find. Evolutionary neurocontrol (ENC) was proposed as a smart method for low-thrust trajectory optimization that fuses artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms to so-called evolutionary neurocontrollers (ENCs) [1]. Inspired by natural archetypes, ENC attacks the trajectoryoptimization problem from the perspective of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a perspective that is quite different from that of optimal control theory. Within the context of ENC, a trajectory is regarded as the result of a spacecraft steering strategy that maps permanently the actual spacecraft state and the actual target state onto the actual spacecraft control vector. This way, the problem of searching the optimal spacecraft trajectory is equivalent to the problem of searching (or "learning") the optimal spacecraft steering strategy. An artificial neural network is used to implement such a spacecraft steering strategy. It can be regarded as a parameterized function (the network function) that is defined by the internal network parameters. Therefore, each distinct set of network parameters defines a different network function and thus a different steering strategy. The problem of searching the optimal steering strategy is now equivalent to the problem of searching the optimal set of network parameters. Evolutionary algorithms that work on a population of (artificial) chromosomes are used to find the optimal network parameters, because the parameters can be easily mapped onto a chromosome. The trajectory optimization problem is solved when the optimal chromosome is found. A comparison of solar sail trajectories that have been published by others [2, 3, 4, 5] with ENC-trajectories has shown that ENCs can be successfully applied for near-globally optimal spacecraft control [1, 6] and that they are able to find trajectories that are closer to the (unknown) global optimum, because they explore the trajectory search space more exhaustively than a human expert can do. The obtained trajectories are fairly accurate with respect to the terminal constraint. If a more accurate trajectory is required, the ENC-solution can be used as an initial guess for a local trajectory optimization method. Using ENC, low-thrust trajectories can be optimized without an initial guess and without expert attendance. Here, new results for nuclear electric spacecraft and for solar sail spacecraft are presented and it will be shown that ENCs find very good trajectories even for very difficult problems. Trajectory optimization results are presented for 1. NASA's Solar Polar Imager Mission, a mission to attain a highly inclined close solar orbit with a solar sail [7] 2. a mission to de ect asteroid Apophis with a solar sail from a retrograde orbit with a very-high velocity impact [8, 9] 3. JPL's \2nd Global Trajectory Optimization Competition", a grand tour to visit four asteroids from different classes with a NEP spacecraft Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Göddeke, Dominik A1 - Strzodka, Robert A1 - Mohd-Yusof, Jamaludin A1 - McCormick, Patrick A1 - Buijssen, Sven H.M. A1 - Grajewski, Matthias A1 - Turek, Stefan T1 - Exploring weak scalability for FEM calculations on a GPU-enhanced cluster JF - Parallel Computing Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2007.09.002 SN - 0167-8191 VL - 33 IS - 10-11 SP - 685 EP - 699 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Erkens, H. T1 - Mixed-Mode Chain Scattering Parameters: Theory and Verification JF - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques N2 - Chain scattering parameters or T-parameters are a useful tool for calculating cascaded two-ports. With the increasing importance of mixed-mode S-parameters, a need for converting the T-parameters from their unbalanced form into a balanced form emerges for suiting both common and differential mode waves, as well as the mode conversion. This paper presents the derivation of the equations for transformations between mixed-mode S- and T-parameters for a mixed-mode two-port. Although derived in a way very similar to monomode T-parameters, no simplifications were necessary. Measurement results exemplify the quality of the T-parameter transformation under real-life conditions. Y1 - 2007 SN - 0018-9480 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2007.902587 VL - 55 IS - 8 SP - 1704 EP - 1708 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Ingebrandt, S. A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Label-free detection of charged macromolecules by using a field-effect-based sensor platform: Experiments and possible mechanisms of signal generation JF - Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing. 87 (2007), H. 3 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0947-8396 N1 - Special Issue “From Surface Science to Nanoscale Devices” SP - 517 EP - 524 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerlin, Kay A1 - Kasischke, Nicole A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Maggakis-Kelemen, Christina A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Porst, Dariusz A1 - Kayser, Peter A1 - Linder, Peter A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Structural transition temperature of hemoglobins correlates with species’ body temperature JF - European Biophysics Journal. 37 (2007), H. 1 Y1 - 2007 SN - 1432-1017 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christiaens, P. A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Bijnens, N. A1 - Williams, O. A. A1 - Daenen, M. A1 - Haenen, K. A1 - Douthéret, O. A1 - Haen, J. d´ A1 - Mekhalif, Z. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Wagner, P. T1 - pH sensitivity of nanocrystalline diamond films JF - Physica status solidi (A). 204 (2007), H. 9 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0031-8965 SP - 2925 EP - 2930 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Amberger, F. A1 - Mayer, D. A1 - Han, Y. A1 - Ingebrandt, S. A1 - Offenhäusser, A. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Field-effect sensors with charged macromolecules: Characterisation by capacitance–voltage, constant-capacitance, impedance spectroscopy and atomic-force microscopy methods JF - Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 22 (2007), H. 9-10 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0956-5663 N1 - Selected Papers from the Ninth World Congress On Biosensors. Toronto, Canada 10 - 12 May 2006, Alice X. J . Tang SP - 2100 EP - 2107 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - To perceive the world with logic BT - Walter van Laack. [Transl. by Anneliese Wolstenholme] / 1. ed. Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-3-936624-08-3 N1 - Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Mit Logik die Welt begreifen ; auch als E-Book ISBN 979-3-936624-09-0 PB - van Laack CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Maris, Rob J. A1 - Ackermann, Hans-Josef A1 - Otto, Ralph A1 - Beging, Stefan A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Handheld measurement device for field-effect sensor structures: Practical evaluation and limitations JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical . 127 (2007), H. 1 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 217 EP - 223 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christiaens, P. A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Bijnens, N. A1 - Williams, O. A. A1 - Daenen, M. A1 - Haenen, K. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Wagner, P. T1 - Nanocrystalline diamond-based field-effect capacitive pH sensor JF - Transducers '07 Eurosensors XXI : digest of technical papers ; the14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, June 10-14, 2007, Lyon, France / Gilles Delapierre (Ed.) Y1 - 2007 SN - 1-4244-0841-5 N1 - Eurosensors 21, 2007, Lyon ; International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems 14, 2007, Lyon SP - 1891 EP - 1894 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway ER -