Download or read book Hierarchical Goal Analysis and Performance Modelling for the Control of Multiple UAVs written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early feedback from the operation of uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) and uninhabited combat air vehicles (UCAVs) indicates the need for improvement in their operator interfaces. This applies for both the effective control of UAVs as well as the management of data and efficient dissemination of the associated information products. One means of addressing this issue is the use of intelligent/adaptive interfaces (IAIs) for decision support. The principal focus of the work reported in this publication was to investigate the efficiency of IAIs in an operational situation. The selected environment involved CP140 aircraft operations in support of counterterrorism activities, and the associated operator interface within which the IAI was modelled was the tactical workstations of a modernized CP140. The operator positions studied were the tactical navigator, UAV operator, and UAV pilot. A one-hour mission scenario was developed and a hierarchical goal analysis & operational sequence diagrams were completed in order to facilitate the development of a performance model. The model was run in two modes: one assuming the operators used a conventional interface and the other assuming interface automation using an IAI. Results are presented showing the difference between mission activities with & without automation as reflected in the time to complete critical task sequences & in other measures of performance.

Download or read book Hierarchical Goal Analysis and Performance Modelling for the Control of Multiple UAVs UCAVs from an Airborne Platform written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early feedback from the operation of Uninhabited Air Vehicles (UAVs) indicates that improvements in the operator interface aspects of these emerging systems would reap significant gains in system performance and effectiveness. This applies to both effective control of UAVs as well as management of data and dissemination of the associated information. The Canadian Forces (CF) are pursuing the introduction of UAVs, and while such platforms may provide an enormous amount of data, the management of data to support effective human decision making is still an issue. Various levels of automation have been suggested as a way of addressing the problem including Intelligent/Adaptive Interfaces (IAIs) for decision support. IAIs are intended to manage information dynamically and provide the right data and information to the right people, at the right time, to support effective decision making. The work reported in this paper investigated the efficacy of IAIs in an operational situation. The selected environment involved UAV operations in support of counter terrorist activities with the IAI modelled as part of the UAV tactical workstations of a modernized CP-140 aircraft. In order to produce an analysis of UAV operations which are relevant to CF UAV implementation plans, a one-hour mission scenario was developed which reflected a portion of the upcoming Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre (CFEC) Atlantic Littoral Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Experiment (ALIX) program. In order to facilitate the development of a performance model implemented in an Integrated Performance Modelling Environment, a Hierarchical Goal Analysis and Operational Sequence Diagrams were prepared for the scenario. The model was run in two modes: one assuming the operators used a conventional interface and the second assuming interface automation using an IAI.

Download or read book Modeling and Control of Complex Systems written by Petros A. Ioannou and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehension of complex systems comes from an understanding of not only the behavior of constituent elements but how they act together to form the behavior of the whole. However, given the multidisciplinary nature of complex systems, the scattering of information across different areas creates a chaotic situation for those trying to understand pos

Download or read book Intelligent Adaptive Systems written by Ming Hou and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As ubiquitous as the atmosphere, intelligent adaptive systems (IASs) surround us in our daily lives. When designed well, these systems sense users and their environments so that they can provide support in a manner that is not only responsive to the evolving situation, but unnoticed by the user. A synthesis of recent research and developments on IASs from the human factors (HF) and human–computer interaction (HCI) domains, Intelligent Adaptive Systems: An Interaction-Centered Design Perspective provides integrated design guidance and recommendations for researchers and system developers. The book explores a recognized lack of integration between the HF and HCI research communities, which has led to inconsistencies between the research approaches adopted, and a lack of exploitation of research from one field by the other. The authors integrate theories and methodologies from these domains to provide design recommendations for human–machine developers. They then establish design guidance through the review of conceptual frameworks, analytical methodologies, and design processes for intelligent adaptive systems. The book draws on case studies from the military, medical, and distance learning domains to illustrate intelligent system design to examine lessons learned. Outlining an interaction-centered perspective for designing an IAS, the book details methodologies for understanding human work in complex environments and offers understanding about why and how optimizing human–machine interaction should be central to the design of IASs. The authors present an analytical and design methodology as well as an implementation strategy that helps you choose the proper design framework for your needs.

Download or read book Control of Multiple UAVs A Workload Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-four licensed pilots carried out multiple surveillance missions on two high-fidelity simulations representing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In Experiment 1, pilots were required to operate a single UAV through three different mission conditions: a baseline condition, one that offloaded relevant information to the auditory channel, and one that provided automation of flight path control. In Experiment 2, pilots operated two UAVs simultaneously through the same three mission conditions. Pilots were responsible for the following tasks: (1) mission completion, (2) target search, and (3) systems monitoring. Results of the experiment suggest that automation and auditory offloading can be beneficial to performance by reducing interference between tasks, and thus alleviating overall workload.

Download or read book Performance Modeling of Agent aided Operator interface Interaction for the Control of Multiple UAVs written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The control of multiple uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) is operator intensive and can involve high levels of workload. Feedback from operators indicates that improvements in operator interfaces would reap significant gains in system performance and effectiveness. Incorporating automation agents in UAV control stations has been proposed as a solution to reduce workload and improve overall human/machine performance. This research investigated the efficacy of agent-aided operator interfaces in a scenario that involved multiple UAVs with the interfaces modelled as part of the UAV tactical workstations of a maritime patrol aircraft. A performance model was developed to compare the difference between mission activities with & without agent aids that was reflected in task conflict frequency, number of ongoing tasks, and task completion time. The simulation results showed whether agent-aided interfaces permitted operators to continue working under high time pressure and to reduce time in achieving critical tasks.

Download or read book Human Computer Interaction HCI Intelligent Multimodal Interaction Environments written by Julie A. Jacko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-24 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the third of a four-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007, held in Beijing, China, in July 2007, jointly with eight other thematically similar conferences. It covers multimodality and conversational dialogue; adaptive, intelligent and emotional user interfaces; gesture and eye gaze recognition; and interactive TV and media.

Download or read book Multi Criteria Decision Analysis written by Muhammet Gul and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) includes methods and tools for modeling and solving complex problems. MCDM has become popular in the production and service sectors to improve the quality of service, reduce costs, and make people more prosperous. This book illustrates applications through case studies focused on disaster management. With a presentation of both Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) and Multi-Objective Decision-Making (MODM) models, this is the first book to merge these methods and tools with disaster management. This book raises awareness for society and decision-makers on how to measure readiness and what necessary preventive measures need to be taken. It offers models and case studies that can be easily adapted to solve complex problems and find solutions in other fields. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Case Studies in Disaster Management will offer new insights to researchers working in the areas of industrial engineering, systems engineering, healthcare systems, operations research, mathematics, business, computer science, and disaster management, and, hopefully, the book will also stimulate further work in MCDM.

Download or read book Automation Architecture for Single Operator Multiple UAV Command and Control written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the Office of the Secretary Defense's Roadmap for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), there is a critical need for research examining human interaction with heterogeneous unmanned vehicles. The OSD Roadmap clearly delineates the need to investigate the "appropriate conditions and requirements under which a single pilot would be allowed to control multiple airborne UA (unmanned aircraft) simultaneously." Toward this end, in this paper, we provide a meta-analysis of research studies across unmanned aerial and ground vehicle domains that investigated single operator control of multiple vehicles. As a result, a hierarchical control model for single operator control of multiple unmanned vehicles (UV) is proposed that demonstrates those requirements that will need to be met for operator cognitive support of multiple UV control, with an emphasis on the introduction of higher levels of autonomy. The challenge in achieving effective management of multiple UV systems in the future is not only to determine whether automation can be used to improve human and system performance, but how and to what degree across hierarchical control loops, as well as determining the types of decision support that will be needed by operators given the high-workload environment. We address when and how increasing levels of automation should be incorporated in multiple UV systems and discuss the impact on not only human performance, but more importantly, on system performance.

Download or read book Causal Analytics for Applied Risk Analysis written by Louis Anthony Cox Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Causal analytics methods can revolutionize the use of data to make effective decisions by revealing how different choices affect probabilities of various outcomes. This book presents and illustrates models, algorithms, principles, and software for deriving causal models from data and for using them to optimize decisions with uncertain outcomes. It discusses how to describe and summarize situations; detect changes; evaluate effects of policies or interventions; learn what works best under different conditions; predict values of as-yet unobserved quantities from available data; and identify the most likely explanations for observed outcomes, including surprises and anomalies. The book resents practical techniques for causal modeling and analytics that practitioners can apply to improve understanding of how choices affect probabilities of consequences and, based on this understanding, to recommend choices that are more likely to accomplish their intended objectives.The book begins with a survey of modern analytics methods, focusing mainly on techniques useful for decision, risk, and policy analysis. Chapter 2 introduces free in-browser software, including the Causal Analytics Toolkit (CAT) software, to enable readers to perform the analyses described and to apply modern analytics methods easily to their own data sets. Chapters 3 through 11 show how to apply causal analytics and risk analytics to practical risk analysis challenges, mainly related to public and occupational health risks from pathogens in food or from pollutants in air. Chapters 12 through 15 turn to broader questions of how to improve risk management decision-making by individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, and multi-generation societies with different cultures and norms for cooperation. These chapters examine organizational learning, community resilience, societal risk management, and intergenerational collaboration and justice in managing risks.

Download or read book Robot Control 2003 SYROCO 03 written by Ignacy Duleba and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-04-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SYROCO'2003 covered areas and aspects of robot control Topics: Robot control techniques (adaptive, robust, learning) Modeling and identification Control of discrete / continuous-time robotic systems Non-holonomic robotic systems Intelligent control Control based on sensing Control design and architectures Force and compliance control Grasp control Flexible robots Micro robots Mobile robots Walking robots Humanoid robots Teleoperation and man / machine dynamic systems Multi-Robot-Systems, cooperative robots Applications: space, underwater, civil engineering, surgery, entertainment, mining, etc. *Provides the latest research on Robotics *Contains contributions written by experts in the field. *Part of the IFAC Proceedings Series which provides a comprehensive overview of the major topics in control engineering.

Download or read book Computer Aided Verification written by Alexandra Silva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access two-volume set LNCS 12759 and 12760 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2021, held virtually in July 2021. The 63 full papers presented together with 16 tool papers and 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 290 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections: Part I: invited papers; AI verification; concurrency and blockchain; hybrid and cyber-physical systems; security; and synthesis. Part II: complexity and termination; decision procedures and solvers; hardware and model checking; logical foundations; and software verification. This is an open access book.

Download or read book Aeronautics written by Zain Anwar Ali and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of aeronautics. It discusses both small and large aircraft and their control strategies, path planning, formation, guidance, and navigation. It also examines applications of drones and other modern aircraft for inspection, exploration, and optimal pathfinding in uncharted territory. The book includes six sections on agriculture surveillance and obstacle avoidance systems using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), motion planning of UAV swarms, assemblage and control of drones, aircraft flight control for military purposes, the modeling and simulation of aircraft, and the environmental application of UAVs and the prevention of accidents.

Download or read book Underwater Vehicle Control and Communication Systems Based on Machine Learning Techniques written by Tien Anh Tran and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of intelligent transportation systems, especially autonomous underwater vehicles, has become significant in marine engineering, with an aim to enhance energy efficiency management and communication systems. This book covers different aspects of optimization of autonomous underwater vehicles and their propulsion systems via machine learning techniques. It further analyses hydrodynamic characteristics including the study of experimental investigation combined with hydrodynamic characteristics backed by MATLAB® codes and simulation study results. Features: Covers utilization of machine learning techniques with a focus on marine science and ocean engineering. Details effect of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) into the sustainable environment and ecology system. Evaluates performance of particle swarm intelligence-based optimization techniques. Reviews propulsion performance of the remote-controlled vehicles based on machine learning techniques. Includes MATLAB® examples and simulation study results. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in marine engineering and technology, computer science, and control system engineering.

Download or read book 6GN for Future Wireless Networks written by Ao Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2022, held in Harbin, China, in December 2022. The 60 full papers were selected from 194 submissions and present the state of the art and practical applications of 6G technologies. The papers are arranged thematically in tracks as follows: Resource Allocation for 6G Networks; Security and Privacy for 6G Networks; Big data mining and pattern analysis techniques for 6G Networks; Artificial intelligent techniques for 6G Networks; Mobile Edge Computing for 6G Networks; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication for 6G Networks.

Download or read book Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems written by Jan Mazal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems, MESAS 2019, held in Palermo, Italy, in October 2019. The 22 full papers and 13 short papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: M&S of intelligent systems - AI, R&D and application; future challenges of advanced M&S technology; AxS in context of future warfare and security environment (concepts, applications, training, interoperability, etc.).

Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering written by MengChu Zhou and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Various systems science and engineering disciplines are covered and challenging new research issues in these disciplines are revealed. They will be extremely valuable for the readers to search for some new research directions and problems. Chapters are contributed by world-renowned systems engineers Chapters include discussions and conclusions Readers can grasp each event holistically without having professional expertise in the field