Autonomy and Unmanned Vehicles

Description

This book addresses higher–lower level decision autonomy for autonomous vehicles, and discusses the addition of a novel architecture to cover both levels. The proposed framework’s performance and stability are subsequently investigated by employing different meta-heuristic algorithms. The performance of the proposed architecture is shown to be largely independent of the algorithms employed; the use of diverse algorithms (subjected to the real-time performance of the algorithm) does not negatively affect the system’s real-time performance. By analyzing the simulation results, the book demonstrates that the proposed model provides perfect mission timing and task management, while also guaranteeing secure deployment. Although mainly intended as a research work, the book’s review chapters and the new approaches developed here are also suitable for use in courses for advanced undergraduate or graduate students. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction to Autonomy and Applications (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 1-15 State-of-the-Art in UVs’ Autonomous Mission Planning and Task Managing Approach (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 17-30 State-of-the-Art in UVs’ Autonomous Motion Planning (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 31-40 Advancing Autonomy by Developing a Mission Planning Architecture (Case Study: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 41-53 Mission Planning in Terms of Task-Time Management and Routing (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 55-71 AUV Online Real-Time Motion Planning (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 73-93 Augmented Reactive Mission Planning Architecture (Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh, David M. W. Powers, Reza Bairam Zadeh)....Pages 95-107