Metamorphic Systems: A Schema for Adaptive Autonomous Systems
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Evolvable Hardware
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
2015
Subjects
Intelligent agents (Computer software), Computational intelligence, Remotely piloted vehicles, Artificial intelligence
Abstract
Chapter 11.
Unmanned vehicles (UVs) are taking on increasing roles in military and space missions. These UVs operate in radically different domains, yet they have several common features: (1) they must survive in harsh domains for extended time periods, (2) they must adapt their behaviour to accommodate changing circumstances and (3) they must operate autonomously, which means they must perform assigned tasks with little or no human intervention. For instance, since August 2012 NASA’s scientific laboratory rover Curiosity has been exploring the Martian surface searching for signs of life (NASA, 2012). Martian surface temperatures average –63°C. As another example, the U.S. Navy is currently developing the Anti-submarine Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) to track quiet diesel-electric submarines. The goal is to have a UV that can autonomously interact with an intelligent adversary over ranges spanning thousands of kilometers while enduring harsh ocean environmental conditions for months at a time (DARPA, 2012).
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DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-44616-4_11
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16647
Citation Details
Greenwood, Garrison W., and Andy M. Tyrrell. "Metamorphic Systems: A Schema for Adaptive Autonomous Systems." Evolvable Hardware. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. 273-296.
Description
Appeared in the book, Evolvable Hardware: From Practice to Application. This book is part of the Natural Computing Series published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg.