Hydra: A framework and algorithms for mixed-initiative UAV-assisted search and rescue

4th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-66

  Bitton, Ephrat ^a   Goldberg, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SEARCHES; AUTOMATED AGENTS; FRAMEWORK AND ALGORITHMS; IMAGE DATUM; LOCATING; NETWORKED SIMULATIONS; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENTS; OUTDOOR; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SEARCH AND RESCUES; SEARCH SPACES; SINGLE AGENTS; TESTBED; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; UPPER BOUNDS;

AGENTS; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 54949144055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COASE.2008.4626527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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