Abstract
An automated emergency response system and an experimental framework for its design and validation are presented here. The system consists of a high-level mission optimization and a fleet of heterogeneous autonomous vehicles. The fleet includes ground vehicles for setting up local stations, fixed-wing aircraft for assessing infrastructure damage and performing surveillance, and rotorcraft for delivering emergency supplies. Internet technology provides a unifying environment for the vehicles, optimization module, operators, and emergency responders with support for computational integration in cyberspace.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 6834701 |
| Pages (from-to) | 90-95 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Computing in Science and Engineering |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- cyber-physical systems
- humanitarian
- model-based design
- modeling
- operations
- scientific computing
- simulation
- virtual integration
- visualization
- wireless control