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Cooperative Control and Optimization (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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Cooperative Control and Optimization (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Series: Applied Optimization, 66
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A cooperative system is defined to be multiple dynamic entities
that share information or tasks to accomplish a common, though
perhaps not singular, objective. Examples of cooperative control
systems might include: robots operating within a manufacturing
cell, unmanned aircraft in search and rescue operations or military
surveillance and attack missions, arrays of micro satellites that
form a distributed large aperture radar, employees operating within
an organization, and software agents. The term entity is most often
associated with vehicles capable of physical motion such as robots,
automobiles, ships, and aircraft, but the definition extends to any
entity concept that exhibits a time dependent behavior. Critical to
cooperation is communication, which may be accomplished through
active message passing or by passive observation. It is assumed
that cooperation is being used to accomplish some common purpose
that is greater than the purpose of each individual, but we
recognize that the individual may have other objectives as well,
perhaps due to being a member of other caucuses. This implies that
cooperation may assume hierarchical forms as well. The
decision-making processes (control) are typically thought to be
distributed or decentralized to some degree. For if not, a
cooperative system could always be modeled as a single entity. The
level of cooperation may be indicated by the amount of information
exchanged between entities. Cooperative systems may involve task
sharing and can consist of heterogeneous entities. Mixed initiative
systems are particularly interesting heterogeneous systems since
they are composed of humans and machines. Finally, one is often
interested in how cooperative systems perform under noisy or
adversary conditions. In December 2000, the Air Force Research
Laboratory and the University of Florida successfully hosted the
first Workshop on Cooperative Control and Optimization in
Gainesville, Florida. This book contains selected refereed papers
summarizing the participants' research in control and optimization
of cooperative systems. Audience: Faculty, graduate students, and
researchers in optimization and control, computer sciences and
engineering.
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