Multicriteria comparison among several mitigation strategies for dangerous near-Earth objects

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-142

  Sanchez, J P ^a,b   Colombo, C ^a,b   Vasile, M ^a,b   Radice, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b James Watt ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DOMINANCE CRITERIA; LOW-THRUST PROPULSION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL FACTORS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 60349101485     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36774     Document Type: Article

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