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Figure 54 Comparison of impulsive <strong>and</strong> low-thrust optimal solutions <strong>for</strong> modified<br />

GTOC2 problem. ...........................................................................................126<br />

Figure 55 Results of branch-<strong>and</strong>-bound algorithm applied <strong>for</strong> two weeks to full GTOC2<br />

problem ..........................................................................................................129<br />

Figure 56 Comparison of impulsive <strong>and</strong> low-thrust optimal solutions <strong>for</strong> full GTOC2<br />

problem ..........................................................................................................130<br />

Figure 57 Number of sequences requiring low-thrust <strong>optimization</strong> as a function of the<br />

number of sequences evaluated in the branch-<strong>and</strong>-bound tree, <strong>for</strong> the full<br />

GTOC2 problem, assuming an initial lower bound of 100 kg/yr ..................133<br />

Figure 58 Number of sequences requiring low-thrust <strong>optimization</strong> as a function of the<br />

number of sequences evaluated in the branch-<strong>and</strong>-bound tree, <strong>for</strong> the modified<br />

GTOC2 problem, assuming an initial lower bound of 100 kg/yr ..................133<br />

Figure 59 Number of low-thrust <strong>optimization</strong>s required as a function of the initial lower<br />

bound during the branch-<strong>and</strong>-bound algorithm <strong>for</strong> the modified GTOC2<br />

problem ..........................................................................................................139<br />

Figure 60 Number of low-thrust <strong>optimization</strong>s required as a function of the initial lower<br />

bound during the branch-<strong>and</strong>-bound algorithm (top 78,000 sequences) <strong>for</strong> the<br />

full GTOC2 problem......................................................................................140<br />

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