{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7140142371","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","title":"Evaluating Robustness and Adaptability in Learning-Based Mission Planning for Active Debris Removal","display_name":"Evaluating Robustness and Adaptability in Learning-Based Mission Planning for Active Debris Removal","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7140142371","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407097202","display_name":"International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111343325","display_name":"Agni Bandyopadhyay","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25974101","display_name":"University of W\u00fcrzburg","ror":"https://ror.org/00fbnyb24","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25974101"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Agni Bandyopadhyay","raw_affiliation_strings":["Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg, Sanderring 2,Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,Würzburg,Germany,97070"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg, Sanderring 2,Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,Würzburg,Germany,97070","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25974101"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054032023","display_name":"G\u00fcnther Waxenegger-Wilfing","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-6431","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-6431"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25974101","display_name":"University of W\u00fcrzburg","ror":"https://ror.org/00fbnyb24","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25974101"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"G\u00fcnther Waxenegger-Wilfing","raw_affiliation_strings":["Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg, Sanderring 2,Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,Würzburg,Germany,97070"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Julius-MaximiliansUniversität Würzburg, Sanderring 2,Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,Würzburg,Germany,97070","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25974101"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25974101"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.71628801,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"213","last_page":"220"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11701","display_name":"Space Satellite Systems and Control","score":0.9907000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11701","display_name":"Space Satellite Systems and Control","score":0.9907000064849854,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10462","display_name":"Reinforcement Learning in Robotics","score":0.006599999964237213,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11082","display_name":"Spacecraft Dynamics and Control","score":0.0010000000474974513,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/active-debris-removal","display_name":"active debris removal","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autonomous-mission-planning","display_name":"autonomous mission planning","score":0.9100000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/low-earth-orbit","display_name":"low Earth orbit","score":0.8320000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/domain-randomization","display_name":"domain randomization","score":0.9559999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/monte-carlo-tree-search","display_name":"Monte Carlo tree search","score":0.8920000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distribution-shift","display_name":"distribution shift","score":0.746999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fuel-constraints","display_name":"fuel constraints","score":0.796999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-replanning","display_name":"online replanning","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/orbital-simulation","display_name":"orbit simulation","score":0.48399999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/refueling","display_name":"refueling","score":0.5640000104904175}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177606310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5674297","display_name":"Adaptability","level":2,"score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.7149999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4738999903202057},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.41370001435279846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776023875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q637703","display_name":"Debris","level":2,"score":0.4106000065803528},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017985614","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149377","display_name":"Operation planning","level":2,"score":0.33649998903274536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.3111000061035156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.29190000891685486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.2799000144004822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.2782999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.25519999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776643431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817963","display_name":"Debris flow","level":3,"score":0.25279998779296875}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isparo66239.2025.11436884","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407097202","display_name":"International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1625390266","https://openalex.org/W2034368206","https://openalex.org/W2080161406","https://openalex.org/W2098893304","https://openalex.org/W2162651021","https://openalex.org/W2888532099","https://openalex.org/W2902907165","https://openalex.org/W2989847975","https://openalex.org/W4402904156","https://openalex.org/W7128084428"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7128084428","https://openalex.org/W3034515560","https://openalex.org/W7171660528","https://openalex.org/W7127955934","https://openalex.org/W4324355993","https://openalex.org/W4402970559","https://openalex.org/W7116901170","https://openalex.org/W2964589557","https://openalex.org/W7124453555","https://openalex.org/W7204181978"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Autonomous":[0],"mission":[1,19,47,57,98,183],"planning":[2,173],"for":[3,26,59,179],"Active":[4],"Debris":[5],"Removal":[6],"(ADR)":[7],"must":[8],"balance":[9],"efficiency,":[10],"adaptability,":[11],"and":[12,18,62,84,96,159,165],"strict":[13],"feasibility":[14],"constraints":[15,58],"on":[16],"fuel":[17],"duration.":[20],"This":[21],"work":[22],"compares":[23],"three":[24],"planners":[25],"the":[27,154,160],"constrained":[28],"multi-debris":[29],"rendezvous":[30],"problem":[31],"in":[32,74,92,129],"Low":[33],"Earth":[34],"Orbit:":[35],"a":[36,49,63,75,151,176],"nominal":[37,104,130],"Masked":[38,51],"Proximal":[39],"Policy":[40],"Optimization":[41],"(PPO)":[42],"policy":[43,53],"trained":[44,54],"under":[45,116],"fixed":[46],"parameters,":[48],"domain-randomized":[50,120],"PPO":[52,105,121],"across":[55,88],"varying":[56],"improved":[60,123],"robustness,":[61],"plain":[64],"Monte":[65],"Carlo":[66],"Tree":[67],"Search":[68],"(MCTS)":[69],"baseline.":[70],"Evaluations":[71],"are":[72],"conducted":[73],"high-fidelity":[76],"orbital":[77],"simulation":[78],"with":[79,125,171],"refueling,":[80],"realistic":[81],"transfer":[82],"dynamics,":[83],"randomized":[85],"debris":[86],"fields":[87],"300":[89],"test":[90],"cases":[91],"nominal,":[93],"reduced":[94,97],"fuel,":[95],"time":[99],"scenarios.":[100],"Results":[101],"show":[102],"that":[103,167],"achieves":[106],"top":[107],"performance":[108],"when":[109],"conditions":[110],"match":[111],"training":[112],"but":[113,142],"degrades":[114],"sharply":[115],"distributional":[117],"shift,":[118],"while":[119],"exhibits":[122],"adaptability":[124,161],"only":[126],"moderate":[127],"loss":[128],"performance.":[131],"MCTS":[132],"consistently":[133],"handles":[134],"constraint":[135],"changes":[136],"best":[137],"due":[138],"to":[139],"online":[140,172],"replanning":[141],"incurs":[143],"orders-of-magnitude":[144],"higher":[145],"computation":[146],"time.":[147],"The":[148],"findings":[149],"underline":[150],"trade-off":[152],"between":[153],"speed":[155],"of":[156,162],"learned":[157],"policies":[158],"search-based":[163],"methods,":[164],"suggest":[166],"combining":[168],"training-time":[169],"diversity":[170],"could":[174],"be":[175],"promising":[177],"path":[178],"future":[180],"resilient":[181],"ADR":[182],"planners.":[184]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2026-02-08T00:00:00"}