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most citedGlobal Search for Optimal Low Thrust Spacecraft Trajectories using Diffusion Models and the Indirect Method

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18 papers

stat.AP2026

A Probabilistic Modeling Framework for Transient Debris Outcomes in Low Lunar Orbits

Arjun Chhabra, Ryne Beeson

This work presents a novel probabilistic framework for the assessment of orbital debris fragment outcomes in the low lunar orbit (LLO) regime over time horizons ranging from a few…

eess.SY2026

Diffusion-Based Multiple-Shooting Indirect Optimal Control for Fuel-Optimal Spacecraft Trajectory Generation

Saeid Tafazzol, Ehsan Taheri, Ryne Beeson

Diffusion-based generative models (DMs) have found applications in control problems, and in particular robotics, where the DMs enable exploration of possible control solutions. A c…

cs.LG2026

Complexity Bounds and Approaches to Learning Projected Gradient Descent Solver Iterates

Anjian Li, Ryne Beeson

Data scarcity poses a fundamental challenge in training generative models to produce initial guesses for parametric optimization problems that are otherwise numerically expensive t…

cs.LG2026

GLENS: Global Search via Learning from Solver Iterates with Diffusion Models

Anjian Li, Bartolomeo Stellato, Ryne Beeson

We consider the problem of generating a large collection of initial guesses for local minima of multimodal non-convex continuous optimization problems. The goal is for these initia…

eess.SY2026

Transfer Learning of Multiobjective Indirect Low-Thrust Trajectories Using Diffusion Models and Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Jannik Graebner, Ryne Beeson

Preliminary low-thrust spacecraft mission design is a global search problem characterized by a complex solution landscape, multiple objectives, and numerous local minima. During th…

math.OC2025

Bi-Level Optimal Control Framework For Missed-Thrust-Design With First-Order Bounds On Maximum Missed-Thrust-Duration

Amlan Sinha, Ryne Beeson

In this paper, we present a bi-level optimal control framework for designing low-thrust spacecraft trajectories with robustness against missed-thrust-events. The upper-level (UL) p…

eess.SY2025

Gradient-Informed Monte Carlo Fine-Tuning of Diffusion Models for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design

Jannik Graebner, Ryne Beeson

Preliminary mission design of low-thrust spacecraft trajectories in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem is a global search characterized by a complex objective landscape and…

astro-ph.EP2025

Self-supervised diffusion model fine-tuning for costate initialization using Markov chain Monte Carlo

Jannik Graebner, Ryne Beeson

Global search and optimization of long-duration, low-thrust spacecraft trajectories with the indirect method is challenging due to a complex solution space and the difficulty of ge…

cs.RO2025

Aligning Diffusion Model with Problem Constraints for Trajectory Optimization

Anjian Li, Ryne Beeson

Diffusion models have recently emerged as effective generative frameworks for trajectory optimization, capable of producing high-quality and diverse solutions. However, training th…

cs.RO2025

Predictive Planner for Autonomous Driving with Consistency Models

Anjian Li, Sangjae Bae, David Isele +2

Trajectory prediction and planning are essential for autonomous vehicles to navigate safely and efficiently in dynamic environments. Traditional approaches often treat them separat…

math.OC2025

Initial Guess Generation for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design with Robustness to Missed-Thrust-Events

Amlan Sinha, Ryne Beeson

The growing interest in cislunar space exploration in recent years has driven an increasing demand for efficient low-thrust missions to key cislunar orbits. These missions, typical…

eess.SY2025★ 8 cited

Global Search for Optimal Low Thrust Spacecraft Trajectories using Diffusion Models and the Indirect Method

Jannik Graebner, Ryne Beeson

Long time-duration low-thrust nonlinear optimal spacecraft trajectory global search is a computationally and time expensive problem characterized by clustering patterns in locally…

math.OC2024★ 2 cited

Global Search of Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories using Amortization and Deep Generative Models

Ryne Beeson, Anjian Li, Amlan Sinha

Preliminary spacecraft trajectory optimization is a parameter dependent global search problem that aims to provide a set of solutions that are of high quality and diverse. In the c…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Learning Optimal Control and Dynamical Structure of Global Trajectory Search Problems with Diffusion Models

Jannik Graebner, Anjian Li, Amlan Sinha +1

Spacecraft trajectory design is a global search problem, where previous work has revealed specific solution structures that can be captured with data-driven methods. This paper exp…

math.NA2024

Algorithmic Considerations for Effective Global Search of Robust Low-Thrust Trajectories

Amlan Sinha, Ryne Beeson

The growing interest in the cislunar domain over the past decade has led to an increasing demand for low-thrust missions to key orbits within this region. These low-thrust missions…

math.OC2024★ 1 cited

Statistical Analysis of the Role of Invariant Manifolds on Robust Trajectories

Amlan Sinha, Ryne Beeson

As low-thrust space missions increase in prevalence, it is becoming increasingly important to design robust trajectories against unforeseen thruster outages or missed thrust events…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Constraint-Aware Diffusion Models for Trajectory Optimization

Anjian Li, Zihan Ding, Adji Bousso Dieng +1

The diffusion model has shown success in generating high-quality and diverse solutions to trajectory optimization problems. However, diffusion models with neural networks inevitabl…

cs.RO2024★ 3 cited

DiffuSolve: Diffusion-based Solver for Non-convex Trajectory Optimization

Anjian Li, Zihan Ding, Adji Bousso Dieng +1

Optimal trajectory design is computationally expensive for nonlinear and high-dimensional dynamical systems. The challenge arises from the non-convex nature of the optimization pro…