Cooperative Intelligence for Remotely Piloted Vehicle Fleet Control. Analysis and Simulation

摘要

Cooperative behavior, by either humans or machines, is necessary for solving problems that, because of time or other physical constraints, cannot be solved by one agent acting alone. Complex, spatially distributed military systems, such as tactical air operations, Naval task force control, and command and control networks frequently rely on cooperative problem solving. This report develops aspects of coordinating groups RPV's in a surveillance mission. The findings suggest that (1) a combination of object-oriented simulation and logic programming appears to provide an effective framework for exploring and implementing distributed problem solving systems, and (2) choice of task negotiation procedure, message passing protocol, planning algorithm, and uncertainty representation technique depends strongly on situational conditions such as time stress, communication costs, and number of planning options.