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Online Evolution for Cooperative Behavior in Group Robot Systems

  • Lee, Dong-Wook;Seo, Sang-Wook;Sim, Kwee-Bo
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.282-287
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    • 2008
  • In distributed mobile robot systems, autonomous robots accomplish complicated tasks through intelligent cooperation with each other. This paper presents behavior learning and online distributed evolution for cooperative behavior of a group of autonomous robots. Learning and evolution capabilities are essential for a group of autonomous robots to adapt to unstructured environments. Behavior learning finds an optimal state-action mapping of a robot for a given operating condition. In behavior learning, a Q-learning algorithm is modified to handle delayed rewards in the distributed robot systems. A group of robots implements cooperative behaviors through communication with other robots. Individual robots improve the state-action mapping through online evolution with the crossover operator based on the Q-values and their update frequencies. A cooperative material search problem demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed behavior learning and online distributed evolution method for implementing cooperative behavior of a group of autonomous mobile robots.

A study on the wire reduction design and effect analysis for the train vehicle line (화물열차 분산제어시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kangmi;Lee, Jaeho;Yoon, Yong-Ki
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.778-784
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we propose wired and wireless distributed control systems designed to improve the freight logistics efficiency and verify wired distributed control systems. The verification condition required that 50 cargo vehicles be connected and operated to travel 21 km from Busan Sinhang station to Jinlye Station at an average speed of about 100km/h. The verification results show that the traction output and braking output of the control and controlled cars are dispersed by the wired distributed control system. The application is expected to more than double the efficiency of the logistics compared to the existing freight transportation system. However, in the case of the wired distributed control system, cable installation and maintenance are difficult, and it is impossible to change the combination of freight vehicles. Through the verification of the wired distributed control system, the applicability of distributed control systems to freight vehicles in Korea was confirmed and the system was further developed to produce a wireless distributed control system. In order to apply the wireless distributed control system, a propagation environment analysis for the ISM band was performed in the testbed and, as a result, it was confirmed that Wifi technology using the ISM band could be utilized. In order to use the WDP (Wireless Distributed Power) devices newly installed in the target vehicles, the transmission / reception control signals associated with the propulsion / braking / total control devices are defined. In the case of wireless distributed control systems, the convenience of their application and operation is guaranteed, but reliability and emergency safety measures should because of the dependence of the control of the vehicle on radio signals.

Development of the Distributed Real-time Simulation System Based on HLA and DEVS (DEVS형식론을 적응한 HLA기반의 분산 실시간 시뮬레이션 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Ho-Jeong;Lee, Jae-Hyun;Cho, Kil-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2006
  • Weapon systems composed of several subsystems execute various engagement missions in distributed combat environments in cooperation with a large number of subordinate/adjacent weapon systems as well as higher echelons through tactical data links. Such distributed weapon systems require distributed real-time simulation test beds to integrate and test their operational software, analyze their performance and effects of cooperated engagement, and validate their requirement specifications. These demands present significant challenges in terms of real-time constraints, time synchronization, complexity and development cost of an engagement simulation test bed, thus necessitate the use of high-performance distributed real-time simulation architectures, and modeling and simulation techniques. In this paper, in order to meet these demands, we presented a distributed real-time simulation system based on High Level Architecture(HLA) and Discrete Event System Specification(DEVS). We validated its performance by using it as a test bed for developing the Engagement Control System(ECS) of a surface-to-air missile system. The proposed technique can be employed to design a prototype or model of engagement-level distributed real-time simulation systems.

The Design of an Election Protocol based on Mobile Ad-hoc Network Environment

  • Park, Sung-Hoon;Kim, Yeong-Mok;Yoo, Su-Chang
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we propose an election protocol based on mobile ad-hoc network. In distributed systems, a group of computer should continue to do cooperation in order to finish some jobs. In such a system, an election protocol is especially practical and important elements to provide processes in a group with a consistent common knowledge about the membership of the group. Whenever a membership change occurs, processes should agree on which of them should do to accomplish an unfinished job or begins a new job. The problem of electing a leader is very same with the agreeing common predicate in a distributed system such as the consensus problem. Based on the termination detection protocol that is traditional one in asynchronous distributed systems, we present the new election protocol in distributed systems that are based on MANET, i.e. mobile ad hoc network.

A Study On Management Protocol For Distributed Systems Management (분산시스템관리를 위한 관리 프로토콜에 관한연구)

  • 박승섭
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.289-302
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    • 1999
  • As the size and complexity of network increase Distributed System Management (DSM) will be significant issue within information network in order to increase the high reliability and to improve the flexibility of network management. The OSI management model has several problems. The key problems are that it does not fully address the problem of how to develop communication protocol in support of DSM and how to classify the management connection criteria. In this paper to solve first problem described above this paper propose the connectionless CMIP to accomplish for effectively managing the distributed management managing systems to handle the dynamic informations. To work out second problem we introduce the connection criteria in the hierarchy of management system and finally evaluate the efficiency of a suggested protocol during cooperative negotiation among the managing system.

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A Distributed Implementation Algorithm for Physical Layer Security Based on Untrusted Relay Cooperation and Artificial Noise

  • Li, Xiangyu;Wang, Xueming;Xu, Xiangyang;Jin, Liang
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.183-186
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    • 2014
  • In this letter, we consider a cooperation system with multiple untrusted relays (URs). To keep the transmitted information confidential, we obtain joint channel characteristics (JCCs) through combining the channels from the source to the destination. Then, in the null space of the JCCs, jammers construct artificial noise to confuse URs when the source node broadcasts its data. Through a distributed implementation algorithm, the weight of each node can be obtained from its own channel state information. Simulation results show that high-level security of the system can be achieved when internal and external eavesdroppers coexist.

Development of Fan Stall Warning Equipm4ent (송풍기 맥동 감시 장치 개발)

  • Cho, Hyun-Seob
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.924-928
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, The fan stall guard system of boiler airing system of the class of 500MW capacity to protect fan. But because confidence is loosed and operation is influenced by frequent fault of fan stall guard system, confidence is improved by substituting DCS Logic for it.

Apparatus for Measuring Fan Stall of Boiler for Power Station (화력발전용 보일러의 맥동 측정 장치)

  • Cho, Hyun-Seob
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1681-1684
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, in the ventilation system of coal-fired power boilers can measure in real time the fan stall mechanism is all about. The fan stall guard system of boiler airing system of the class of 500MW capacity to protect fan. But because confidence is loosed and operation is influenced by frequent fault of fan stall guard system, confidence is improved by substituting DCS Logic for it.

Parameter extraction using the ASE spectrum Modelling for various DFB-type LDs (여러 가지 형태의 DFB 유형 레이저의 ASE 스펙트럼 모델링과 파라메터 추출)

  • Chae Gyoo-Soo;Kim Min-Nyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.46-51
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    • 2006
  • We present simulation results for a method designed to extract key parameter values of DFB-type LDs based on ASE spectrum measurements. Comparisons were made between the given (actual) and the extracted (estimated) parameters, as well as the associated spectra, fur a variety of DFB-type LDs, and the two sets of results were found to be in excellent agreement.

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A Technique to Exploit Cooperation for Packet Retransmission in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

  • Kim, Hae-Soo;Buehrer, R. Michael
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.148-155
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    • 2008
  • In wireless data communication systems, retransmission of an erroneous packet is inevitable due to the harsh communication environment. In this paper, an efficient retransmission scheme using cooperation from neighboring nodes is investigated. In the cooperative retransmission scheme, an erroneous packet is transmitted to the destination by cooperative nodes which have favorable channels. This cooperative retransmission scheme requires no a priori information of neighboring nodes and has no limitation on the number of cooperating nodes. Distributed beamforming is used to accommodate multiple cooperating nodes. Phase and frequency offsets of cooperating signals are extracted from the NACK message and used to co-phase retransmitted data packets. The outage probability of the cooperative retransmission scheme is analyzed for the case of perfect synchronization and when the offsets are estimated. To reduce the impact of the residual phase and frequency offsets in cooperating signals, a low-rate feedback scheme is also investigated. It is shown that improved outage probability and reduced packet error rate (PER) performance can be achieved even for long data packets. The proposed cooperative retransmission scheme is found to outperform simple retransmission by the source as well as decode-and-forward cooperation.