LEOS - Optimal satellite launch policies: The static case

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1164-1176

  Gavish, Bezalel ^a   Kalvenes, Joakim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dynamic Programming; LEOS; Satellite Launching; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LAUNCHING; ORBITS; PUBLIC POLICY; SATELLITES;

LEXICOGRAPHIC ORDERING; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031197899     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.8.1164     Document Type: Article

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