Impact of limited communications on a cooperative search algorithm for multiple UAVs

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 572-577

  Morris, Kevin M ^a,b   Mullins, Barry E ^a,b   Pack, Daniel J ^a,c   York, George W P ^a,c   Baldwin, Rusty O ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SEARCH ALGORITHMS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS;

ALGORITHMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; THROUGHPUT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 34250183125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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