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Geometrical Analysis of Spatio-temporal Planning Problems

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Tiwari, Abhishek (2007) Geometrical Analysis of Spatio-temporal Planning Problems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/917G-MJ20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05202007-135411

Abstract

In this thesis I represent and analyze spatially and temporally constrained multi-agent planning problems using tools from geometry and advanced calculus. The two problems considered in this thesis are multi-agent rendezvous and dynamic sensor coverage. Together, these problems encompass the cooperation, constraint representation,and task scheduling aspects of multi-agent planning problems. I have represented the constraint of the rendezvous problem on the phase space and shown that the fulfilment of rendezvous constraints is equivalent to certain conical regions being invariant. Alternatively, for the dynamic coverage problem, the constraints can be adequately represented on the uncertainty space and sensor motion laws can be obtained by partitioning the uncertainty space and making decisions based on which partition the uncertainty lies in. I have examined convergence behavior of sensor motion under such laws.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Subject Keywords:Cone Invariance; Geometric methods; Iterated maps; Multi-agent Rendezvous; Planning; Sensor Coverage; Sensor Scheduling
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Electrical Engineering
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Murray, Richard M.
Thesis Committee:
  • Murray, Richard M. (chair)
  • Hassibi, Babak
  • Jeffcoat, David E.
  • Burdick, Joel Wakeman
  • Doyle, John Comstock
Defense Date:29 August 2006
Non-Caltech Author Email:atiwari79 (AT) gmail.com
Record Number:CaltechETD:etd-05202007-135411
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05202007-135411
DOI:10.7907/917G-MJ20
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:1897
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
Deposited By: Imported from ETD-db
Deposited On:21 May 2007
Last Modified:24 Mar 2020 20:57

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