E-Merge-ANT: A Toolkit to Create Run-Time Autonomous Negotiating Teams (ANT) Generators, Aggregators, and Synthesizers

Abstract

This project addressed the problem of the real-time management of distributed resources. It developed an abstract formulation in terms of distributed constraint optimization and developed a simple anytime algorithm that was shown to be effective efficient robust and scalable to large problems. It extended the formulation and algorithm to the management of distributed sensors in a target detection and tracking application. It also developed high-level models for resource management in time-critical targeting in air campaigns and extended an existing scheduler generator tool to automatically generate executable schedulers that quickly assign aircraft and munitions to prosecute targets of opportunity while minimizing disruption to pre-planned target prosecutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA425550

Entities

People

  • Cordell Green
  • Stephen Fitzpatrick

Organizations

  • Kestrel Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Munitions
  • Resource Management
  • Sensor Networks
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Targeting
  • Targets
  • Time Sensitive Targets
  • Trees (Data Structures)
  • Weapons
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Operations Research
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.