Holonic Approach for Control and Coordination of Distributed Sensors

Abstract

Some of the high-level issues in military sensor management (SM), and in Command and Control (C2) systems in general, are related to their organizational forms and distributed architectures. In order to meet safety and timeliness criteria of decision making, cooperation, coordination, and communication among multiple decision nodes are required. Moreover, an effective decomposition of the decision process is critical. The objective of this report is to present control architectures and control methods that are applicable to the management of sensors for tactical surveillance. It is explained that the hierarchical and recursive structure of holonic architecture provides the required flexibility and robustness without deviating significantly from the current military command structure. The application of the holonic control methodology to tactical SM is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA630947

Entities

People

  • A. Benaskeur
  • H. Irandoust

Organizations

  • DRDC Valcartier

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Complex Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Information Processing
  • Linear Programming
  • Manufacturing
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Robots
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Sensor Networks
  • Surveillance
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computer Networking
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control