Intelligent Control for Future Autonomous Distributed Sensor Systems

摘要

Key distributed coordination and control technologies needed for future deployable autonomous distributed systems were investigated. Specific tasks accomplished include: (1) identification and exploration of alterative distributed intelligent system architectures, methods for distributed data fusion, control, and coordination, and strategies that will increase the ability of the field to survive attacks, failures, and accidents, (2) development of new intelligent software agents that facilitate distributed coordination and control, and (3) creation of computer simulations for developing and testing alternative algorithms, considering tradeoffs, and evaluating the ability of the distributed system to achieve its goals when presented with a set of operational challenges. This approach allowed design alternatives to be explored, allowed trade-offs to be exposed, provided insight into the parameters that impact overall system performance, and facilitated the identification of requirements for further development.