Adaptive Immune System TH1/TH2 Differentiation Mechanism Inspired Perimeter Patrol Control Strategy

Author

Yang, Ruoting ; Bewick, Sharon ; Zhang, Mingjun ; Hamel, William R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech., Univ. of Tennessee, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

407

Lastpage

415

Abstract

This brief investigates a perimeter patrol control problem in which multiple agents travel back and forth defending a border. A decentralized control inspired from the adaptive immune system TH1/TH2 differentiation mechanism has been proposed. The resulting patrol control exhibits robustness under adversarial conditions. This is primarily because the motion period can be arbitrary, which makes it difficult for intruders to find weak spots for attack. Moreover, this immuno-inspired control can avoid collision and automatically recover from agent failure.

Keywords

adaptive systems; artificial immune systems; decentralised control; mobile robots; multi-agent systems; remotely operated vehicles; TH1-TH2 differentiation mechanism; adaptive immune system; decentralized control; immuno-inspired control; multiagent control; perimeter patrol control; Adaptive immune system; TH1/TH2 differentiation; bio-inspired control; force protection; immune system; multiagent control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1063-6536

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCST.2010.2042602

Filename

5428770