Date of Award
3-9-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Operations Research
Department
Department of Operational Sciences
First Advisor
John O. Miller, PhD
Abstract
The trade-off between accuracy and speed is a re-occurring dilemma in many facets of military performance evaluation. This is an especially important issue in the world of ISR. One of the most progressive areas of ISR capabilities has been the utilization of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Many people believe that the future of UAS lies in smaller vehicles flying in swarms. We use the agent-based System Effectiveness and Analysis Simulation (SEAS) to create a simulation environment where different configurations of UAS vehicles can process targets and provide output that allows us to gain insight into the benefits and drawbacks of each configuration. Our evaluation on the performance of the different configurations is based on probability of correct identification, average time to identify a target after it has deployed in the area of interest, and average time to identify all targets in an area.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GOR-ENS-09-16
DTIC Accession Number
ADA500589
Recommended Citation
Van Kuiken, Joseph A., "Using Agent-Based Modeling to Evaluate UAS Behaviors in a Target-Rich Environment" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 2619.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/2619