Real-Time MARBLES: A Scheme for Adaptive Distributed Resource Allocation

Abstract

The MARBLES project was established to study algorithms for coordinating swarms of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs). Critical problems included (a) the scalability of the algorithms to very large swarm sizes, and (b) the robustness of the algorithms against the sudden total failure of participating UCAVs. Scope. The effort focused on evaluating the algorithms in a simulated environment for the UCAVs; some of the scheduling technology was also applied to flight scheduling for AV8-B Harrier aircraft of Marine Air Group 13 in Yuma, AZ.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA427580

Entities

People

  • M. Kirsten Frank
  • Pedro Szekely

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Mail
  • Grids
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Internet
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Storage
  • World Wide Web

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Operations Research

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Autonomy - UAVs