{"title":"New trajectory generation methods for nonholonomic mobile robots","authors":"Wenjie Dong, Yi Guo","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553334","url":null,"abstract":"We consider the problem of trajectory generation of nonholonomic mobile robots. We propose two trajectory generation algorithms, one uses a differential flatness based method and the other uses a polynomial input based method. Simulation results are shown for the proposed trajectory generation algorithms","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"76 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131717995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving groupware flexibility through metamodel mappings","authors":"I. Hawryszkiewycz","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553315","url":null,"abstract":"Computers are now being increasingly used to support collaborative knowledge intensive processes. These are processes where intense interaction takes place between team members with a common goal. The paper identifies technology as an enabler of the collaborative work practices in such processes. To do this technology must provide intuitive interfaces to support such work practices while at the same making it possible to change such interfaces as work practices change. The paper proposes a collaborative metamodel as the basis for defining collaborative work practices and their changing nature. It proposes that the metamodel concepts be provided at the interface to provide commands to adapt interfaces to changing work practices and illustrates this with an implementation. It then suggests that agent support can be a useful enabler to support change","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123705730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy Petri net for UAV decision making","authors":"Martin C. Lundell, Jingpeng Tang, K. Nygard","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553333","url":null,"abstract":"The decision for an autonomous unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to strike a target is an important one that has important consequences. The details regarding the decision and the process of deciding need to be well defined and understood. This paper presents a Petri net approach to UAV decision making based on fuzzy reasoning. It shows that Petri nets are a viable tool for modeling and validating propositional logic for rule-based reasoning in UAV decisions. It also discusses alternative methods for modeling places as input sources for transitions representing rules","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126035667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Middleware-level collaborative resource discovery for large clusters","authors":"J. Al-Jaroodi, N. Mohamed","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553312","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we introduce a collaborative resource discovery mechanism to enhance system resource allocation and utilization by the distributed applications. The mechanism involves the collaboration of the software agents to collect, organize and efficiently exchange resources information. The main goal is to provide an accurate single system image for all the resources. The concept of virtual clusters is used to enhance localization of information and minimize exchanged messages. This mechanism is introduced as a part of the run-time support layer in Delmon. Delmon is a three-layer middleware framework for distributed systems, which includes the run-time support layer. This layer utilizes agents that reside on the participating machines and communicate with one another to perform the required functions. The agents hide the details of scheduling, controlling, monitoring, and executing user jobs, while the management of system resources is made transparent to the user. The proposed mechanism for collaborative resource discovery is based on the hierarchical structure of the agents and the organization and update protocols","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129502635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Kargupta, Kakali Sarkar, D. Aswath, William D. Handy
{"title":"A collaborative distributed privacy-sensitive decision support system for monitoring heterogeneous data sources","authors":"H. Kargupta, Kakali Sarkar, D. Aswath, William D. Handy","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553338","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces MCDS, a multi-organizational collaborative decision support system that makes an effort to support seamless integration of humans and software agents for collaborative emergency preparedness and threat management in a distributed multi-party environment with heterogeneous social and organizational cultures. MCDS offers mechanisms for systematic detection, tracking, and management of emerging threat-structures in the context of the existing assets, algorithms for mining distributed multi-party data in a privacy-sensitive manner, archival and retrieval of case histories, and relevance feedback-based personalization. The paper provides an overview of a few modules and describes two ongoing applications of this collaborative problem solving technology","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128557663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using genetic algorithms to evolve the control rules of a swarm of UAVs","authors":"Jaime Solano-Soto, Kuo-Chi Lin","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553335","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the large number of interactions that the agents in a swarm of UAVs have with each other as well as with their environment, it is necessary to obtain a viable procedure that yields a reasonable group behavior from these local interactions. This paper proposes a hierarchical behavior-based model in which several parameters are adjusted with a genetic algorithm (GA). The presented model implements three explicit layers of behaviors (basic, group and mission) in a simulation in which the agents seek to survey a rectangular target area while avoiding a circular obstacle","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131144845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaboration services: ensuring operational success","authors":"M. Maybury","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553279","url":null,"abstract":"Collaboration services promise to improve the engagement and effectiveness of humans across geospatial, temporal, and organizational boundaries. However, there also are many examples of collaboration failures. After a brief introduction to collaboration services, this tutorial will describe several successful deployments of state-of-the-art collaboration environments and exemplify and demonstrate the use of collaboration services to enhance human activities. We will summarize key lessons learned and report a generalized process to increase the likelihood of successful collaboration. The tutorial lasts a full day and is primarily a lecture with video demonstrations. An on-line version of the tutorial will be made accessible at http://itc.mitre.org.","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131670719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Network lag mitigation methods in collaborative distributed simulations","authors":"S. Shirmohammadi, N. H. Woo, Sara Alavi","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553319","url":null,"abstract":"One of the known problems with shared object manipulation in collaborative virtual environments (CVE) is the disruptive effect of network lag in collaboration sessions. It is widely recognized that delay and jitter cause significant problems for CVEs. Most solutions to this problem revolve around techniques to compensate for this lag at the networking level. More recently, the usage of visual cues indicating network lag to the user have shown to be effective. In this article we examine both approaches using a collaborative tele-haptic application, during which we also introduce a novel technique for decorator-based mitigation for closely-coupled tasks. We conclude that while both techniques can be effective, the combination of both will lead to best results","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114423862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI workflow management in a collaborative environment","authors":"M. Cheatham, Michael T. Cox","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553308","url":null,"abstract":"Collaborative environments allow geographically distributed groups to work together to generate new knowledge. These systems contain many tools to facilitate collaboration, including workflow management systems (WfMS). WfMS allow multiple agents to work towards achieving a common goal by enabling communication between them. This paper presents a brief overview of collaborative environments in general, and then discusses the distinctive characteristics of current WfMS. We consider the utility of using techniques employed in next-generation grid-based WfMS in collaborative systems that are available today. Specifically, the idea of constructing workflows by applying artificial intelligence planning techniques to a user-specified goal is explored","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"218 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120967676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An architectural style for supporting work practice: coping with the complex structure of coordination relationships","authors":"P. Kammer, R. Taylor","doi":"10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553316","url":null,"abstract":"We present an architectural style to directly support the formal and informal relationships that underlie work activity. Rather than defining the dependencies between activities, our focus is on the structure of coordination within the organization. The approach is guided by a need for scoped information and communication spaces, decentralized ownership of work product and process, and support for varying levels of work definition, integrating structured models of work process with ad-hoc activities. The base of the approach is a peer-to-peer style with peers supporting work participants. Peers are subdivided into active task spaces, associating information resources, software components, and communication. Independent connectors define the relationships between peers and provide the mechanism for defining larger more complex structures. This paper describes the style in detail and discusses a prototype implementation","PeriodicalId":283620,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 2005.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131751390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}