Optimal civil aircraft missions exploiting free routing possibilities

Exploiting Heterogeneous Robotic Systems in Cooperative Missions

In this paper we consider the problem of coordinating robotic systems with different kinematics, sensing and vision capabilities to achieve certain mission goals. An approach that makes use of a heterogeneous team of agents has several advantages when cost, integration of capabilities, or large search areas need to be considered. A heterogeneous team allows for the robots to become “specialized...

Exploiting Domain Knowledge in Collaborative Missions

In collaborative missions, coalition members depend on one another to deliver on different aspects of shared goals. In such settings, task delegation decisions are complicated because activities of coalition members may be regulated by policies. Especially when such policies are private, learning these policies become crucial to estimate the outcome of delegation decisions. In this paper, we pr...

Optimal Oblivious Routing in Hole-Free Networks

We study oblivious routing algorithms in which the packet paths are constructed independently of each other. Oblivious algorithms are inherently distributed and they can be designed to efficiently balance the network utilization. We give an oblivious routing algorithm for the class of hole-free networks, in which the nodes are topologically embedded in simple areas of the plane. Such networks a...

Bat incidents with U.S. civil aircraft

Ejection Seat Mechanism in Civil Aircraft

this paper deals with the ejection system that can be implemented in a civil aircraft. It is important for an aircraft to have an ejection seat in case the plane meets an accident in a battle or during test flight and the pilot has to bail out to save his or her life. The mechanism involves lifting of the pilot to a safe distance away from the aircraft and then deploying the parachute. As there...