Nonuniform Deployment of Autonomous Agents in Harbor-Like Environments

Abstract

We propose a nonuniform deployment strategy of a group of homogeneous autonomous agents in harbor-like environments. Highvalue units berthed in the area need to be secured against external attacks. Defenders deployed in the area are expected to monitor,intercept, engage, and neutralize threats. In the framework of decentralized coordinated multi-agent systems, we model and simulatethe optimal deployment of a group of mobile autonomous agents that accounts for a risk map of the area and the optimal trajectoriesthat minimize the energy consumed to intercept a threat in a given area of interest. Theoretical results are numerically illustratedthrough simulations in a realistic harbor protection scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 2014
Accession Number
AD1003596

Entities

People

  • Alex Bourque
  • Bao Nguyen
  • Davide Spinello
  • Suruz Miah

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Agents
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Deployment
  • Equations
  • Feedback
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Networks
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Reaction Time
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies