We compared the message passing library Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) with the distributed shared memory system TreadMarks, on networks of workstations. We presented the performance of nine applications, including Water ...

In the past few years, new applications of robots have increased the importance of robotic reliability and fault tolerance. Standard approaches of reliability engineering rely on the probability model, which is often ...

In the design of a robust control system, one needs a nominal model together with a quantitative bound on the uncertainty that results from under-modeling and disturbances. In this thesis we do not intentionally seek a ...

Automated path planning and obstacle avoidance has been the subject of intensive research in recent times. Most efforts in the field of semiautonomous mobile-robotic navigation involve using Artificial Intelligence search ...

In this thesis, the foundations for the development of a behavioral approach to linear approximate modeling, are established. A particular data set, consisting of stable, discrete-time, purely exponential time series and ...

It is standard practice in advanced telerobotic systems to use a detailed model of the operating environment to plan tasks and drive simulations. How well these systems operate is highly dependent upon the accuracy of this ...

The proliferation of wireless communications services combined with the limited spectrum availability have placed the bandwidth utilization as a major performance measure. Consequently, the bandwidth allocation technique ...