Plan Sharing: Showcasing Coordinated UAV Formation Flight
Henry H. Hexmoor, Swetha Eluru, H. M. A. Sabaa · 2006
ABSTRACT: Agent teaming and autonomy are foundational themes in multi-agent systems. Agents may work as singletons or they may work in environments where other agents exist. In multi-agent systems, agents may form teams by sharing common goals with other agents. For collaboration, cooperation is essential for any collaborative, group activity. Beyond coordination and judicious role assignment, cooperation enables members of a team to be aware and account for collection of their goals as well as performance of agents on individual goals. This paper presents a general model of cooperation and illustrates how it may enhance group performance. In this paper, we present results of application of the concept cooperation in a simulated swarm of reconnaissance urban UAVs that are tracking vehicles in an urban environment. 1.