Column generation for a UAV assignment problem with precedence constraints

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1421-1433

  Casbeer, David W ^a   Holsapple, Raymond W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

column generation; cooperative control; UAV; vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; BRANCH AND PRICE; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; COLUMN GENERATION; COUPLING CONSTRAINTS; LINEAR PROGRAMS; LOCAL CONSTRAINTS; MULTITARGET; NONLINEAR PROGRAMS; PRECEDENCE CONSTRAINTS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; SIMULATION RESULT; US GOVERNMENT;

EID: 79960086413     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1722     Document Type: Article

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