Swarming unmanned air and ground systems for surveillance and base protection

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sauter, John A ^a   Matthews, Robert S ^a   Robinson, Joshua S ^b   Moody, John ^b   Riddle, Stephanie P ^c,d  

^a Emerging Markets Group   (United States)

^b Augusta Systems Inc   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

^d NAVAIR Research and Intelligence Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL; DIGITAL PHEROMONES; GLOBAL SECURITY; GROUND SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS VEHICLES; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPERATOR SYSTEMS; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSORS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; UNATTENDED SENSORS; UNMANNED AIR;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 77958515739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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