A Prototype Simulation System for Combat Vehicle Coordination and Motion Visualization

Abstract

This thesis develops a prototype rule based command and control system for units of autonomous tactical vehicles. By applying artificial intelligence techniques, tactical coordination of multiple autonomous land vehicles is also accomplished. This study identifies the requirements for such a system and provides a prototype system with a sophisticated computer graphics simulator as a testing facility for future follow on research. This study was a joint research project. Andrew H. Nelson was responsible for the rule system modeling on the LISP machines and Corinne McConkle was responsible for the real time graphics motion visualization on the IRIS workstation. The networking software was developed jointly. Keywords: Autonomous vehicle; Artificial intelligence; Computer simulations; Rule based systems; Robotics; Ground vehicles; Autonomous navigation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196964

Entities

People

  • Andrew H. Nelson
  • Corinne M. Mcconkle

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Display Systems
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Military Vehicles
  • Network Protocols
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control