Real-Time MARBLES: A Scheme for Adaptive Distributed Resource Allocation
Martin Frank, Pedro A. Szekely · 2001
The MARBLES project was established to study algorithms for coordinating swarms of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs). Critical problems included (a) the scalability of the algorithms to very large swarm sizes, and (b) the robustness of the algorithms against the sudden total failure of participating UCAVs. Scope. The effort focused on evaluating the algorithms in a simulated environment for the UCAVs; some of the scheduling technology was also applied to flight scheduling for AV8-B Harrier aircraft of Marine Air Group 13 in Yuma, AZ.