Biological analogs and emergent intelligence for control of stratospheric balloon constellations

Matthew Kuperus Heun; R. Stephen Schlaifer; Kim Aaron; Alexey Pankine; Kerry Nock; Naomi Ehrich Leonard; Edward Belbruno; Pradeep Bhatta

Biological analogs and emergent intelligence for control of stratospheric balloon constellations

Matthew Kuperus Heun, R. Stephen Schlaifer, Kim Aaron, Alexey Pankine, Kerry Nock, Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Edward Belbruno, Pradeep Bhatta

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Abstract

Global Aerospace Corporation is developing a revolutionary concept for a global constellation and network of hundreds of stratospheric superpressure balloons. Global Aerospace Corporation and Princeton University are studying methods of controlling the geometry of these stratospheric balloon constellations using concepts related to and inspiration derived from biological group behavior such as schooling, flocking, and herding. The method of artificial potentials determines control settings for trajectory control systems in the steady flow regions. Weak Stability Boundary theory is used to (a) determine the interfaces between smooth flow and areas where chaotic conditions exist and (b) calculate control settings in regions of chaotic flow.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	393-407
Number of pages	15
Journal	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	2564
State	Published - Dec 1 2003

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Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Heun, Matthew Kuperus ; Schlaifer, R. Stephen ; Aaron, Kim ; Pankine, Alexey ; Nock, Kerry ; Leonard, Naomi Ehrich ; Belbruno, Edward ; Bhatta, Pradeep. / Biological analogs and emergent intelligence for control of stratospheric balloon constellations. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2003 ; Vol. 2564. pp. 393-407.

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Biological analogs and emergent intelligence for control of stratospheric balloon constellations. / Heun, Matthew Kuperus; Schlaifer, R. Stephen; Aaron, Kim; Pankine, Alexey; Nock, Kerry; Leonard, Naomi Ehrich; Belbruno, Edward; Bhatta, Pradeep.

In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 2564, 01.12.2003, p. 393-407.

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