Optimization and Cooperative Control Strategies: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 381)

Cooperative, collaborating autonomous systems are at the forefront of research efforts in numerous disciplines across the applied sciences. There is constant progress in solution techniques for these systems. However, despite this progress, cooperating systems have continued to be extremely difficult to model, analyze, and solve. Theoretical results are very difficult to come by. Each year, the International Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization (CCO) brings together top researchers from around the world to present new, cutting-edge, ideas, theories, applications, and advances in the fields of autonomous agents, cooperative systems, control theory, information flow, and optimization. The works in this volume are a result of invited papers and selected presentations at the Eighth Annual International Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization, held in Gainesville, Florida, January 30 – February 1, 2008. The research presented in this book are suitable for faculty, graduate students, and industrial researchers in the fields of optimization, control theory, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, and robotics. Front Matter....Pages - Effective Algorithms for a Class of Discrete Valued Optimal Control Problems....Pages 1-30 Minimum Time Multi-UGV Surveillance....Pages 31-45 A Distributed Network Enabled Weapon-Target Assignment for Combat Formations....Pages 47-67 Simultaneous Localization and Planning for Cooperative Air Munitions Via Dynamic Programming....Pages 69-79 A New Multi-objective Control Design for Autonomous Vehicles....Pages 81-102 Maximizing Search Coverage Using Future Path Projection for Cooperative Multiple UAVs with Limited Communication Ranges....Pages 103-117 Operator Aided Decision Processes for UAVs in a Stochastic Environment....Pages 119-133 Dynamics and Control of Surface Exploration Robots on Asteroids....Pages 135-150 Trajectory Generation for Relative Guidance of Merging Aircraft....Pages 151-166 A Comparative Study of Task Assignment and Path Planning Methods for Multi-UGV Missions....Pages 167-180 Optimal Control of the Weapon Operating Characteristic with Control Inequality Constraints....Pages 181-194 Autonomous Target Detection and Localization Using Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles....Pages 195-205 Cooperative Control of Multiple Swarms of Mobile Robots with Communication Constraints....Pages 207-220 Towards Optimal Positioning of Surveillance UGVs....Pages 221-233 The Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem for Data Association in Multiple Hypothesis Tracking....Pages 235-255 New Results in Stochastic Cooperative Games: Strategic Coordination for Multi-resolution Performance Robustness....Pages 257-285 Switching among Solvers: Collaborative Algorithms with Parameter Control....Pages 287-298 An Event-Driven Software Architecture for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Cooperatively Locate Mobile Targets....Pages 299-318 Robust Track Association and Fusion with Extended Feature Matching....Pages 319-354 Optimal Cooperative Thermalling of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles....Pages 355-369 Model Predictive Control of Vehicle Formations....Pages 371-384 Application of Monkey Search Meta-heuristic to Solving Instances of the Multidimensional Assignment Problem....Pages 385-397 Robust Wireless Network Jamming Problems....Pages 399-416 A Token-Based Approach to Sharing Beliefs in a Large Multiagent Team....Pages 417-429 Development of a Mission Simulator for Design and Testing of C2 Algorithms and HMI Concepts across Real and Virtual Manned-Unmanned Fleets....Pages 431-458 Back Matter....Pages - Effective Algorithms For A Class Of Discrete Valued Optimal Control Problems -- Minimum Time Multi-ugv Surveillance -- A Distributed Network Enabled Weapon-target Assignment For Combat Formations -- Simultaneous Localization And Planning For Cooperative Air Munitions Via Dynamic Programming -- A New Multi-objective Control Design For Autonomous Vehicles -- Maximizing Search Coverage Using Future Path Projection For Cooperative Multiple Uavs With Limited Communication Ranges -- Operator Aided Decision Processes For Uavs In A Stochastic Environment -- Dynamics And Control Of Surface Exploration Robots On Asteroids -- Trajectory Generation For Relative Guidance Of Merging Aircraft -- A Comparative Study Of Task Assignment And Path Planning Methods For Multi-ugv Missions -- Optimal Control Of The Weapon Operating Characteristic With Control Inequality Constraints -- Autonomous Target Detection And Localization Using Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles --^ Cooperative Control Of Multiple Swarms Of Mobile Robots With Communication Constraints -- Towards Optimal Positioning Of Surveillance Ugvs -- The Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem For Data Association In Multiple Hypothesis Tracking -- The Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem For Data Association In Multiple Hypothesis Tracking -- New Results In Stochastic Cooperative Games: Strategic Coordination For Multi-resolution Performance -- Switching Among Solvers: Collaborative Algorithms With Parameter Control -- An Event-driven Software Architecture For Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles To Cooperatively Locate Mobile Targets -- Robust Track Association And Fusion With Extended Feature Matching -- Optimal Cooperative Thermalling Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Model Predictive Control Of Vehicle Formations -- Application Of Monkey Search Meta-heuristic To Solving Instances Of The Multidimensional Assignment Problem -- Robust Wireless Network Jamming Problems --^ A Token-based Approach To Sharing Beliefs In A Large Multiagent Team -- Development Of A Mission Simulator For Design And Testing Of C2 Algorithms And Hmi Concepts Across Real And Virtual Manned-unmanned Fleets. Edited By Michael J. Hirsch ... [et Al.]. Conference Proceedings. Cooperative, collaborating autonomous systems are at the forefront of research efforts in numerous disciplines across the applied sciences. This work presents research, which is suitable for faculty, graduate students, and industrial researchers in the fields of optimization, control theory, electrical engineering, computer science, and robotics.