MIDACO explained

MIDACO (Mixed Integer Distributed Ant Colony Optimization) is a software package for numerical optimization based on evolutionary computing.MIDACO was created in collaboration ofEuropean Space Agency and EADS Astrium to solve constrained mixed-integer non-linear (MINLP) space applications.^{[1] [2]} MIDACO holds several record solutions on interplanetary spaceflight trajectory design problems^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} made publicly available by European Space Agency. MIDACO is included in software packages like TOMLAB,^[7] Astos,^[8] and SigmaXL.^[9]

Notes and References

1. M. Schlueter . S. Erb . M. Gerdts . S. Kemble . J.J. Rueckmann . MIDACO on MINLP Space Applications . Advances in Space Research . 51 . 7 . 1116–1131 . 2013 . 10.1016/j.asr.2012.11.006 . 2013AdSpR..51.1116S.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911010247/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-333486307.html Newspaper article on MIDACO space applications in Defense & Aerospace Week (June 2013)
3. M. Schlueter . MIDACO software performance on interplanetary trajectory benchmarks . Advances in Space Research . 54 . 4 . 744–754 . 2014 . 10.1016/j.asr.2014.05.002 . 2014AdSpR..54..744S.
4. https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/projects/gtop/gtoc1/ List of record solutions on ESA GTOC1 benchmark
5. https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/projects/gtop/messenger_full/ List of record solutions on ESA Messenger (full version) benchmark
6. https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/projects/gtop/cassini2/ List of record solutions on ESA Cassini2 benchmark
7. http://tomopt.com/tomlab/products/midaco/ TOMLAB MIDACO webpage
8. https://www.astos.de/products/lotos/optimization Astos Lotos product page
9. http://www.sigmaxl.com/DSimReleaseInfo.shtml SigmaXL DiscoverSim product page