Communication Requirements in the Cooperative Control of Wide Area Search Munitions Using Iterative Network Flow

Abstract

Communication requirements are considered for the cooperative control of wide area search munitions where resource allocation is performed by an iterative network flow. We briefly outline both the single and iterative network flow assignment algorithms and their communication requirements. Then, using the abstracted communication framework recently incorporated into AFRL's MultiUAV simulation package, a model is constructed to investigate the peak and average data rates occurring in a sequence of vehicle-target scenarios using an iterative network flow for task allocation, implemented as a redundant, centralized optimization, that assumes perfect communication.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA420825

Entities

People

  • Andrew G. Sparks
  • Jason W. Mitchell
  • Steven J. Ramussen

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Control Systems
  • Cooperative Control
  • Data Rate
  • Information Systems
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Optimization
  • Simulations
  • Target Classification
  • Target Recognition
  • Trajectories
  • Turbojet Engines

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.