Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents With Physical Constraints

• Published in: IEEE transactions on automatic control Vol. 64; no. 8; pp. 3239 - 3252
• Main Authors: Wang, Yan-Wu, Wei, Yao-Wen, Liu, Xiao-Kang, Zhou, Nan, Cassandras, Christos G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Accelerated aging; Algorithms; Business metrics; Collision avoidance; Computer simulation; Measurement; Monitoring; Optimal control; Optimization; Parameters; persistent monitoring; second-order agent; Space missions; Trajectories; Trajectory; Uncertainty

This paper addresses a one-dimensional optimal persistent monitoring problem using second-order agents. The goal is to control the movements of agents to minimize a performance metric associated with the environment (targets) over a finite time horizon. In contrast to earlier results limited to firs...