Maximizing search coverage using future path projection for cooperative multiple UAVs with limited communication ranges

Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 103-117

  DeLima, Pedro ^a   Pack, Daniel ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative; Future path projection; Limited communication; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; MAPS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSOR NETWORKS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CHALLENGING PROBLEMS; COMMUNICATION RANGES; COOPERATIVE; DETECTING TARGETS; FUTURE PATH PROJECTION; LIMITED COMMUNICATION; LIMITED COMMUNICATION RANGES; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; MULTIPLE UAVS; NOVEL METHODS; PROJECTION METHODS; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; SEARCH AREAS; SEARCH PATTERNS; SEARCH SPACES; SENSOR INFORMATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 54349118658     PISSN: 01708643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88063-9_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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