In risky applications it is advantageous to use multiple robots in order to improve performances. In a research or patrol scenario robots have to move cooperatively in order to avoid collisions and to improve performance. In this paper we describe the implementation of two variations of a cooperative planning algorithm: Cooperative A* and Cooperative Voronoi A*. The task is decoupled into a ser...

Public Law 93-641 provides health systems agencies (HSAs) with a broad planning preview which has enabled a number of agencies to address environmental health issues in their health systems plans. Opponents of HSA involvement in environmental health planning charge that these activities overextend agency resources, duplicate efforts of other government agencies and involve HSAs in "issues of pu...

This paper discusses a design methodology of cooperative trajectory generation for multi-robot systems. The trajectory of achieving cooperative tasks, i.e., with temporal constraints, is constructed hy a nonlinear trajectory generation (NTG) algorithm. Three scenarios of multi-robot tasking are proposed at the cooperative task planning framework. The NTG algorithm is, then, used to generate rea...

This article deals with a human model of cooperative problem solving based on a psychological experiment. Our main goal is to improve the design of open multi-agent systems able to interact with humans. We aim at analyzing, modelling and simulating human capabilities of planning and interacting in a cooperative problem solving context. This paper goes on to present an original architecture call...

This paper presents a cooperative path planning approach for teams of vehicles operating under timing constraints. A cooperative control approach based on coordination variables and coordination functions is introduced and applied to cooperative timing problems. Three types of timing constraints are considered: simultaneous arrival, tight sequencing, and loose sequencing. Simulation results dem...

Enabling is a concept central to health promotion. It is perceived as a mechanism that can help people gain control over determinants of health. Little is known, however, about enabling among policy-makers and professionals. This case study investigates enabling among policy-makers and professionals who engaged in a specific participatory approach, cooperative planning. We define 'enabling' as ...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Dieser Beitrag unterstützt die theoretische Fundierung und Spezifizierung der für Gesundheitsförderung zentralen Begriffe „Struktur“ „Strukturentwicklung“, um so strukturbezogene Interventionen zielgenauer wirksamer gestalten zu können. In diesem Rahmen wird mit kooperativen Planung ein Ansatz vorgestellt, dem sich eine gesundheitsförderliche Strukturentwicklung theo...

This article proposes a novel two-staged trajectory planning algorithm toward the cooperative visual coverage of multiple asteroid sites with utilization spacecraft. The objective established scheme is to determine an observation tour for each spacecraft and associated fuel optimal trajectories, such that site interest observed only once during entire mission. completion task limited time windo...