Cooperative Networks

Reflects a cross-fertilization of ideas from a broad set of disciplines and creativity from a wide array of scientific and engineering research. This book is suitable for faculty, students and researchers interested in optimization, computer science, engineering, the social and behavioral sciences and related applications in cooperative systems.

Contents: Preface 1. Token-Based Approach for Scalable Team Coordination Yang Xu, Paul Scerri, Michael Lewis and Katia Sycara 2. Consensus Controllability for Coordinated Multi-Agent Systems Zhipu Jin and Richard M. Murray 3. Decentralized Cooperative Optimization for Systems Coupled through the Constraints Yoshiaki Kuwata and Jonathan P. How 4. Consensus Building in Cooperative Control with Information Feedback Wei Ren 5. Levy Flights in Robot Swarm Control and Optimization Yechiel J. Crispin 6. Eavesdropping and Jamming Communication Networks Clayton W. Commander, Panos M. Pardalos, Valeriy Ryabchenko, Oleg Shylo, Stan Uryasev, Grigoriy Zrazhevsky 7. Network Algorithms for the Dual of the Constrained Shortest Path Problem Bogdan Grechuk, Anton Molyboha, Michael Zabarankin 8. Towards an Irreducible Theory of Complex Systems Victor Korotkikh 9. Complexity of a System as a Key to its Optimization Victor Korotkikh and Galina Korotkikh 10. GRASP with Path-Relinking for the Cooperative Communication Problem on Ad hoc Networks Clayton W. Commander, Paola Festa, Carlos A.S. Oliveira, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G.C. Resende and Marco Tsitselis 11. Optimal Control of an ATR Module - Equipped MAV/Human Operator Team Meir Pachter, Philip R. Chandler and Dharba Swaroop 12. An Investigation of a Dynamic Sensor Motion Strategy Nathan P. Yerrick, Abhishek Tiwari and David E. Jeffcoat 13. Market Based Adaptive Task Allocations for Autonomous Agents Jared W. Patterson and Kendall E. Nygard 14. Cooperative Persistent Surveillance Search Algorithms using Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Daniel J. Pack and George W.P. York 15. Social Networks for Effective Teams Paul Scerri and Katia Sycara 16. Optimization Approaches for Vision-Based Path Planning for Autonomous Micro-Air Vehicles in Urban Environments Michael Zabarankin, Andrew Kurdila, Oleg A. Prokopyev, Ryan Causey, Anukul Goel and Panos M. Pardalos 17. Cooperative Stabilization and Tracking for Linear Dynamic Systems Yi Guo Index