Intelligent Control for Future Autonomous Distributed Sensor Systems

Abstract

Key distributed coordination and control technologies needed for future deployable autonomous distributed systems were investigated. Specific tasks accomplished include: 1) identification and exploration of alterative distributed intelligent system architectures, methods for distributed data fusion, control, and coordination, and strategies that will increase the ability of the field to survive attacks, failures, and accidents, 2) development of new intelligent software agents that facilitate distributed coordination and control, and 3) creation of computer simulations for developing and testing alternative algorithms, considering tradeoffs, and evaluating the ability of the distributed system to achieve its goals when presented with a set of operational challenges. This approach allowed design alternatives to be explored, allowed trade-offs to be exposed, provided insight into the parameters that impact overall system performance, and facilitated the identification of requirements for further development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2007
Accession Number
ADA468584

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Jannett

Organizations

  • University of Alabama

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Particle Swarm Optimization
  • Sensor Networks
  • Virtual Reality
  • Warning Systems
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design