Performance of digital pheromones for swarming vehicle control

The use of digital pheromones for controlling and coordinating swarms of unmanned vehicles is studied under various conditions to determine their effectiveness in multiple military scenarios. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of these pheromone algorithms for surveillance, target acquisition, and tracking. The algorithms were demonstrated on hardware platforms and the results from the demonstration are reported Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.9 [Artificial Intelligence]: Robotics – autonomous vehicles. General Terms Algorithms, Performance, Experimentation Keywords Swarming, multiagent, autonomous vehicles, pheromone control.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: John A. Sauter, Robert S. Matthews, H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner
• Keywords: ATAL 2005, Autonomous Vehicles, Multiple Military Scenarios, Pheromone