Daniel DeLaurentis's research while affiliated with Purdue University and other places
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Publications (324)
![Fig. 6 Optimal trajectory with 100% reachable safe landing site [27]...](profile/Hsun-Chao/publication/367311796/figure/fig3/AS:11431281115916165@1675149704576/Optimal-trajectory-with-100-reachable-safe-landing-site-27-from-the-OHare_Q320.jpg)
![Fig. 8 Optimal trajectory with 100% reachable safe landing sites [27]...](profile/Hsun-Chao/publication/367311796/figure/fig4/AS:11431281115880913@1675149704754/Optimal-trajectory-with-100-reachable-safe-landing-sites-27-from-Ascension_Q320.jpg)
System of Systems Modeling and Analysis provides the reader with motivation, theory, methodology, and examples of modeling and analysis for system of system (SoS) problems. In addition to theory, this book contains history and conceptual definitions, as well as the theoretical fundamentals of SoS modeling and analysis. It then describes methods for...
This paper presents a generic simulation platform with two widely employed software, Simulink and Unreal, to simultaneously simulate the perception in virtual 3D scenarios and system dynamics of automated systems. The proposed CoSim framework improves the accuracy and reduces the development time of automation systems for agricultural crop harvesti...
Model‐based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is coveted for improving productivity and product quality. However, adoption is slow because the workforce lacks training. Therefore, a group of MBSE experts at an R‐1 university developed a series of MBSE online learning modules that can be integrated into existing courses. Rather than adding courses to engin...
![Fig. 1. Aviation CO 2 emissions, envisioned reductions, and IATA goals [2].](publication/364509367/figure/fig1/AS:11431281091117810@1666322165238/Aviation-CO-2-emissions-envisioned-reductions-and-IATA-goals-2_Q320.jpg)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is one of several organizations that have presented goals for future CO2 emissions from commercial aviation with the intent of alleviating the associated environmental impacts. These goals include attaining carbon-neutral growth in the year 2020 and total aviation CO2 emissions in 2050 equal to 50%...
This report describes the research conducted during the September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022 period of performance.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Purdue University have partnered to investigate the future demand for supersonic air travel and the environmental impact of supersonic transports (SSTs). In the context of this resea...
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3939.vid Current indirect optimal control problem (IOCP) solvers, like beluga or PINs, use symbolic math to derive the necessary conditions to solve the IOCP. The purpose of this paper is to present a framework that extends those solvers to derive the necessary conditions of an IOCP with fully...
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4081.vid Local weather patterns can pose a significant barrier to the feasibility of realizing advanced air mobility systems in urban areas. Changes in the local climate conditions can significantly affect future urban air mobility viability, possibly restricting operations even further. This...
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3756.vid The emergence of novel electric aerospace systems in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) has enabled the research and development of new opportunities for innovative mission profiles. One such mission is Middle-Mile Delivery (MMD) which seeks to use Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles to transp...
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4075.vid A mature state of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) will see tens of thousands of simultaneous, heterogeneous passenger-carrying and cargo-carrying operations in urban areas. To describe the evolution of UAM state of operations, NASA has outlined 6 UAM Maturity Levels (UML1 - UML6). The FAA an...
Disruption management during the airline scheduling process can be compartmentalized into proactive and reactive processes depending upon the time of schedule execution. The state of the art for decision-making in airline disruption management involves a heuristic human-centric approach that does not categorically study uncertainty in proactive and...
A System-of-Systems (SoS) is a special kind of complex system in which new capabilities arise from interacting components that are controlled with varying degrees of independence by multiple owner/operators. Thus, the capabilities generated by an SoS are not merely a sum of the capabilities of individual constituent systems, but instead are an emer...
Airline disruption management traditionally seeks to address three problem dimensions: aircraft scheduling, crew scheduling, and passenger scheduling, in that order. However, current efforts have, at most, only addressed the first two problem dimensions concurrently and do not account for the propagative effects that uncertain scheduling outcomes i...
The Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) is a DoD initiative that requires major defense acquisition programs to employ modular architectures using widely accepted standards. In order to realize the benefits of modular and open architectures, program stakeholders must successfully navigate various technical and programmatic decisions throughout the...
View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-1517.vid A plethora of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles are in different stages of development and many approaching Part 135 certification. However, several barriers to enabling the successful implementation of widespread UAM operations exist, inc...
With rising concerns over commercial aviation’s contribution to global carbon emissions, the aviation industry faces tremendous pressure to adopt advanced solutions for reducing its share of CO 2 emissions. One near-term potential solution to mitigate this global emissions situation is to operate existing aircraft with sustainable aviation fuel (SA...
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Purdue University have partnered to investigate the future demand for supersonic air travel and the environmental impact of supersonic transports (SSTs). In the context of this research, environmental impacts include direct carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption. The research is conduc...
This study proposes a framework to automatically assess and bring balance in real-time strategy (RTS) games. A three-layered framework comprising intelligent bots, deep machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), uncertainty quantification (UQ), and optimal learning is presented. For preliminary analysis, we conducted a study using...
The large number and significant variety of systems available for space exploration missions produce countless potential architecture combinations. Compounding this are the scheduling intricacies of system life cycle phases and time-dependent operational dependencies, as well as the uncertainty associated with each system and technology in terms of...
Reliable platforms for data collation during airline schedule operations have significantly increased the quality and quantity of available information for effectively managing airline schedule disruptions. To that effect, this paper applies macroscopic and microscopic techniques by way of basic statistics and machine learning, respectively, to ana...
Urban air mobility (UAM) operations provide the potential for more, or more attractive, trips in a metropolitan area relative to wholly surface-based transportation. But the emissions produced by a UAM mode must be studied in relation to these benefits. In this paper, an emissions model for the UAM context using electric vertical takeoff and landin...
Airline disruption management traditionally seeks to address three problem dimensions: aircraft scheduling, crew scheduling, and passenger scheduling, in that order. However, current efforts have, at most, only addressed the first two problem dimensions concurrently and do not account for the propagative effects that uncertain scheduling outcomes i...
Disruption management during the airline scheduling process can be compartmentalized into proactive and reactive processes depending upon the time of schedule execution. The state of the art for decision-making in airline disruption management involves a heuristic human-centric approach that does not categorically study uncertainty in proactive and...
Reliable platforms for data collation during airline schedule operations have significantly increased the quality and quantity of available information for effectively managing airline schedule disruptions. To that effect, this paper applies macroscopic and microscopic techniques by way of basic statistics and machine learning, respectively, to ana...
Recent activities in electric propulsion and autonomy provide opportunity to improve both regional and urban air mobility. The inclusion of electric propulsion and the promise of autonomy to simplify flight operations could provide benefits that lead to wider use of small aircraft for regional transportation. The effort here presents a computationa...
Progress toward adoption of Model-Bases System Engineering (MBSE) is challenged by data transfer incompatibilities between SE and engineering discipline models. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the addition of a translational tool to the Modeling Architectures and Parameterization for Spacecraft (MAPS) environment. The translational tool...
The emerging new ventures of today's space industry stand to benefit from taking a System-of-Systems Engineering (SoSE) approach to design. SoSE excels at identifying the resources, operations, policies, and economics that drive an SoS as well as the value perceived by diverse stakeholders. However, in fields such as On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, a...
This study introduces a strategy to aid recently developed Uniform Trigonometrization Method (UTM) in solving optimal control problems with mixed state control constraints. Application of traditional indirect methods leads to a complicated multi-point boundary-value problem while solving the mixed state control constraint problems, whereas the UTM...
System‐of‐Systems capability is inherently tied to the participation and performance of the constituent systems and the network performance which connects the systems together. It is imperative for the SoS stakeholders to quantify the SoS capability and performance to any uncertain variations in the system participation and network outages so that...
In this paper we present a mixed-integer linear program to represent the decision-making process for heterogeneous fleets selecting vehicles and allocating them on freight delivery routes to minimize total cost of ownership. This formulation is implemented to project alternative powertrain technology adoption and utilization trends for a set of lin...
Understanding the operational limits in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market and their interdependence with potential new technologies is important to enhance the evolution of UAM. This paper summarizes and exemplifies means to identify and organize operational limits, followed by translation to analysis of their impact on the Urban Air Mobility sys...
Dynamic and real‐time adaptive configuration of Cyber‐Physical Systems (CPSs) results in increased complexity due to a variety of heterogeneous and interdependent variables and creates unique challenges. For example, (a) Emergent Behavior: How do we ensure that system constituents dynamically and adaptively collaborate to produce a consistent repea...
System-of-Systems capability emerges from the collaboration of multiple systems, which are acquired from independent organizations. The systems within an SoS serve two purposes: one is to meet their own independent objectives, and the second is to contribute some capability to the SoS from which all constituents can benefit. In recent decades, the...
To reduce aviation carbon emissions, the International Civil Aviation Organization initiated the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), which will take effect in 2021. In response, airlines have taken measures through various means, including the use of sustainable fuels. This article investigates the potential...
To analyze the effects of policies within the air transportation network, there is a need to model how policies affect the decisions made by airlines. Because airline decision making is based on proprietary information, such models need to rely on openly available data sources. In this paper, openly available data from the Bureau of Transportation...
Market-based mechanisms, especially emission trading schemes, are proposed as a means to control system-wide aviation emissions. Although auctioning has gained some recent popularity, free allocation of emission allowances is still favored by many to incentivize airlines’ participation in the outset of an emission trading program. However, current...
Recent activities in electric propulsion and/or autonomy has started to see widespread applications – in particular, Uber’s ambitious goal to launch an on-demand air taxi-like service within the context of urban air mobility. Numerous stakeholders including, but not limited
to, researchers, engineers, aircraft manufacturers, policy makers, regulato...
![Fig. 1 Current Practice in Airline Disruption Management [4]](profile/Kolawole-Ogunsina-2/publication/333808368/figure/fig1/AS:876683439665152@1586029028145/Current-Practice-in-Airline-Disruption-Management-4_Q320.jpg)
This study demonstrates that modeling a wastewater system as a system of systems (SoS) rather than a monolithic system constitutes a useful methodological approach to dealing with the complexity derived from multiple influential factors in urban wastewater management. In particular, different models were adapted and integrated, including urban dyna...
A System-of-Systems engineering methodology is used to project truck technology adoption behaviors of heterogeneous fleets operating over the U.S. line-haul freight transportation system. A constrained mixed-integer linear program is formulated to optimize total cost of ownership of regional fleets given vehicle highway performance, fleet operation...
As air traffic management becomes increasingly automated, technologies for detecting and resolving conflicts are critical to maintain the safety of an airspace. There exists a need to understand how multiple conflict detection models may work together to provide deeper insights into the safety of an airspace with many aircraft interactions. Conflic...
This study demonstrates that modeling a wastewater system as a system of systems (SoS) rather than a monolithic system constitutes a useful methodological approach to dealing with the complexity derived from multiple influential factors in urban wastewater management. In particular, different models were adapted and integrated, including urban dyna...
![Fig. 1 Current Practice in Airline Disruption Management [1]](profile/Kolawole-Ogunsina-2/publication/330202198/figure/fig1/AS:876683741650946@1586029100359/Current-Practice-in-Airline-Disruption-Management-1_Q320.jpg)
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is increasingly being adopted as a means of transforming systems engineering practices from a document-centric to a model-centric discipline. However, the lack of efficient means to transform legacy information to model-based representations remains a significant hurdle for the industrial adoption of MBSE. Add...