Flocking with fixed-wing UAVs for distributed sensing: A stochastic optimal control approach

SAP Quintero, GE Collins… - 2013 American Control …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work focuses on enabling multiple UAVs to flock together in order to distribute and
collectively perform a given sensing task. Flocking is performed in a leader-follower fashion …

Unifying microscopic flocking motion models for virtual, robotic, and biological flock members

BT Fine, DA Shell - Autonomous Robots, 2013 - Springer
Flocking motions have been the subject of hundreds of studies over the past six decades.
The vast majority of models have nearly identical aims: bottom-up demonstration of basic …

Cooperation among wirelessly connected static and mobile sensor nodes for surveillance applications

EP De Freitas, T Heimfarth, A Vinel, FR Wagner… - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a bio-inspired networking strategy to support the cooperation between
static sensors on the ground and mobile sensors in the air to perform surveillance missions …

[PDF][PDF] Is your world complex? An overview of complexity science and its potential for military applications

S Blouin - Canadian Military Journal, 2013 - researchgate.net
On New Year's Eve, 1775, American revolution-ary General Richard Montgomery's ill-fated
decision to lead the assault through a fallen barricade in Québec City was decisive in …

Evolutionary controller design for area search using multiple UAVs with minimum altitude maneuver

SH Oh, J Suk - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2013 - Springer
The efficient accomplishment of missions can often be enhanced by the simultaneous
operation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Easily scalable control algorithms …

On the effects of the robot configuration on evolving coordinated motion behaviors

I Fehérvári, V Trianni… - 2013 IEEE Congress on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of robotic controllers through evolutionary methods requires making a large
number of choices about the experimental setup, which are often left to the expertise or …

14 Multiagentensysteme

F Klügl - degruyter.com
tigen Teilgebieten.[90] ist ein hervorragendes, breites Lehrbuch.[80] führt sehr fundiert in
den aktuellen Stand der Verteilten Entscheidungsfindung ein. Eine konzentrierte, formalere …

Alarm delivery to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in wireless sensor networks using coordinators

T Heimfarth, HE de Oliveira… - 16th IEEE International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a method of coordinating static ground sensors with Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles using coordinators. The ground wireless sensors are responsible for the primary …

[PDF][PDF] Is Your World Complex?

S Blouin - 2013 - cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Is Your World Complex? Page 1 Defence Research and Recherche et développement
Development Canada pour la défense Canada Is Your World Complex? An Overview Of …