Architecture for Autonomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6230 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Broten, Gregory S ^a   Monckton, Simon P ^a   Collier, Jack ^a   Giesbrecht, Jared ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architectures; Components; Distributed systems; Extensibility; Frameworks; Middleware; Modularity; Net centric

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUND VEHICLES; MIDDLEWARE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MILITARY VEHICLES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSORS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER CRAFT;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; EXTENSIBILITY; FRAMEWORKS; MODULARITY; NET CENTRIC;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 33748568762     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.669496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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