Parallel simulation of UAV swarm scenarios

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 355-362

  Corner, Joshua J ^a   Lamont, Gary B ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CONTROL LOGIC; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PARALLEL SIMULATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 17744393279     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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