Optimal vs. heuristic assignment of cooperative autonomous unmanned air vehicles

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rasmussen, Steven ^a   Chandler, Phillip ^b   Mitchell, Jason W ^b   Schumacher, Corey ^b   Sparks, Andrew ^b  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; FORESTRY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ASSIGNMENT ALGORITHMS; ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; INVESTIGATION OF ALGORITHM; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT; TASK COORDINATION; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 85086490164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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