Commending Real Teams

A-teams for real-time operations

Rapid changes in the operating environments of electric utilities call for modifications in their operating strategies. This paper proposes two ways for making modifications. The first is the adoption of an organizational scheme, called an A-team (Asynchronous Team), for EMS (Energy Management System) software. A-teams are modular and extremely flexible. They have the potential for very high pe...

Real-Time Cooperative Behavior for Tactical Mobile Robot Teams

Real Time Communication - Modes of Use in Distributed Teams

SkypeTM has become a prominent and successful example of a new genre of computer-mediated communication environments called Real Time Communication (RTC). A limited set of integrated features enable instantaneous text, voice and video communication across the globe for free. However, an analysis of the features or affordances of the technology does not reveal the wealth and creativity of forms ...

Cooperative Real-Time Search and Task Allocation in UAV Teams

In this paper, we consider a heterogeneous team of UAVs drawn from several distinct classes and engaged in a search and destroy mission over an extended battlefield. Several different types of targets are considered. Some target locations are suspected a priori with a certain probability, while the others are initially unknown. During the mission, the UAVs perform Search, Confirm, Attack and Ba...

Multiserver real-time system with shortage of maintenance teams

We consider a real-time multiserver system with identical servers (e.g. unmanned air vehicles, machine controllers, etc.) that provide service for requests of real-time jobs arriving via several different channels (e.g. surveillance regions, assembly lines, etc.) working under maximum load regime. There is exactly one job in each channel at any instant. Each channel has its own specifications, ...