A Structured Programming Approach for Complex AUV Mission Control

Abstract

Reconfigurability and reliability are two keys for the success of an AUV mission control software. The Strategic layer of our software architecture is the level where control of the mission is accomplished. Here, code may change to meet the requirements of different missions and must therefore be easily reconfigurable. Structured programming is one method of developing this logical control code for the Strategic level. This thesis will show that this approach is a workable alternative to a strict rule based language currently proposed, but may end up with a large number of code lines to consider if missions are changed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274783

Entities

People

  • Richard P. Blank

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Language
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Reasoning
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Software Design
  • Structured Programming
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Robotics and Automation.