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A mission‐based architecture for swarm unmanned systems

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  • Kathleen Giles
  • Kristin Giammarco

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This research applies a mission engineering approach with model‐based systems engineering foundations to formalize a swarm unmanned system design methodology and architecture. The architectural framework and methodology herein presented extend current swarm system design methods, which are primarily bottom‐up approaches focused on the behavior of individual agents. We introduce a top‐down, hierarchical approach with an overarching mission decomposed into phases, tactics, plays, and algorithms. Three unmanned aerial vehicle swarm case studies (one of which is discussed in this paper) are used to demonstrate the approach and its effectiveness in formalizing a mission‐based framework of common patterns in swarm missions that promote architecture reusability.

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  • Kathleen Giles & Kristin Giammarco, 2019. "A mission‐based architecture for swarm unmanned systems," Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(3), pages 271-281, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:syseng:v:22:y:2019:i:3:p:271-281
    DOI: 10.1002/sys.21477
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    1. Azad M. Madni & Michael Sievers, 2018. "Model‐based systems engineering: Motivation, current status, and research opportunities," Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(3), pages 172-190, May.
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    1. Kong, Linghao & Wang, Lizhi & Cao, Zhongzheng & Wang, Xiaohong, 2024. "Resilience evaluation of UAV swarm considering resource supplementation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).

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