A Heterogeneous Fleet of Vehicles for Automated Humanitarian Missions

Mosterman, Pieter J.; Sanabria, David Escobar; Bilgin, Enes; Zhang, Kun; Zander, Justyna

doi:10.1109/mcse.2014.58

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“…Essentially, ARTIS is an extension of the blackboard model modified to meet hard real-time constraints. 14 Similarly, Mosterman et al 15 proposed the IDEA architecture designed to support multi-robot applications, where each agent can change its role as a planner, a functional module, or a diagnostic system. In this architecture, each agent can monitor and communicate with other agents, but it does not rely on organizational rules to build agents.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…During catastrophic events, a timely response can save many lives and minimize the post-disaster damage. Therefore, the monitoring agent of the multi-agent system repeatedly monitors the environment for disaster situations and 33 No Yes Yes Yes No Mosterman et al 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Ezequiel et al 16 Yes Yes No Yes No Petrovic et al 34 Yes Yes No Yes No Erdelj et al 35 No…”

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confidence: 99%

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A multi-agent framework for cloud-based management of collaborative robots

Samad

Iqbal

Malik

et al. 2018

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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This article presents a cloud-based multi-agent architecture for the intelligent management of aerial robots in a disaster response situation. In a disaster scenario, a team of highly maneuverable quadcopters is deployed to carry out surveillance and decision support in disaster-affected areas. In Pakistan, such events usually result from sudden unpredictable calamities such as earthquakes. The aim of this work is to develop a robust mechanism to autonomously manage and react to sensory inputs received in soft real time from an unstructured environment. The immediate goal is to locate the maximum number of trapped, injured people within a large area, and help first responders plan rescue activities accordingly. To evaluate the proposed framework, a number of simulations are carried out using GAMA platform to emulate a disaster environment. Subsequently, algorithms are developed to survey an affected geographical area through the use of small flight drones. The key challenges in this work are related to the combination of the domains of multi-agent technology, robotics, and cloud computing for effectively bridging the cyber world with the physical world. Therefore, the proposed work demonstrates the effective use of a limited number of drones to capture inputs from a disaster situation in the physical world, and such inputs are used for timely planning of rescue efforts. The results of fixed resource assignment are compared with the proposed reactive assignment strategy, and it clearly shows a significant improvement in terms of resource usage compared to traditional approach.

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A multi-agent framework for cloud-based management of collaborative robots

Samad

Iqbal

Malik

et al. 2018

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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“…In particular, CPS and IoT advances are briefly discussed in this section. A prototypical CPS implementation in the form of a Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) [6][7] [8] is introduced in the following two sections. First, the architecture of the system and the underlying software is discussed.…”

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“…That is, following the knowledge that can be retrieved from the computational space, the doers and makers may be given the tools to act and improve field operations whenever such an improvement is required and desired. Capitalizing on the existing and broadly-used platforms such as Google Earth allows for a high-level understanding of the realistic scenarios as illustrated in previous work [6] [8]. Communication between the stakeholders becomes more efficient.…”

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Cyber-physical Systems can Make Emergency Response Smart

Zander

Mosterman

Padır

et al. 2015

Procedia Engineering

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A Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) prototype was built in the context of the SmartAmerica Challenge 2013-2014, a United States government initiative. SERS was created by a team of nine organizations led by MathWorks. SERS team member organizations include: BluHaptics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MathWorks, National Instruments, North Carolina State University, The Boeing Company, University of North Texas, University of Washington, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The project was featured at the White House in June 2014 and described by Todd Park (U.S. Chief Technology Officer) as an exemplary achievement. The SmartAmerica initiative challenged participants to build cyber-physical systems as a glimpse of the future to save lives, create jobs, foster businesses, and improve the economy. The SERS prototype primarily concentrated on saving lives. ContextThe paradigms of cyber-physical systems (CPS) [1][2], industrial internet [3][4][5], Industry 4.0, and the notion of Internet of Things (IoT) [1][2] create an opportunity to look at hardware and software as modalities collaborating through the power of computation. This paper takes on this challenging vision and explores a concrete example applicable in emergency response. In particular, CPS and IoT advances are briefly discussed in this section. A prototypical CPS implementation in the form of a Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) [6][7][8] is

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“…A MathWorks Summer Research Internship project [18] developed an automated emergency response system in order to dynamically manage emergency response personnel and equipment to handle emergencies on the roadways in the San Francisco area [20]. The system was then expanded into a Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) [26].…”

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Motivating Use Cases for the Globalization of DSLs

Cheng

Degueule

Atkinson

et al. 2015

Globalizing Domain-Specific Languages

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Abstract. The development of complex software-intensive systems involves many stakeholders who contribute their expertise on specific aspects of the system under construction. Domain-specific languages (DSLs) are typically used by stakeholders to express their knowledge of the system using dedicated tools and abstractions. In this chapter, we explore different scenarios that lead to the globalization of DSLs through two motivating case studies -a command and control wind tunnel and a smart emergency response system -and outline the concrete engineering challenges they raise. Finally, we list some of the general research challenges related to the globalization of DSMLs and discuss some promising approaches for addressing them.

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A Heterogeneous Fleet of Vehicles for Automated Humanitarian Missions

Cited by 31 publications

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A multi-agent framework for cloud-based management of collaborative robots

A multi-agent framework for cloud-based management of collaborative robots

Cyber-physical Systems can Make Emergency Response Smart

Motivating Use Cases for the Globalization of DSLs

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