Assessing obstacle location accuracy in the REMUS unmanned underwater vehicle

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Allen, Timothy E.
Sanchez, Susan M.
Buss, Arnold H.
Date
2004Metadata
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Navy personnel use the REMUS unmanned underwater
vehicle to search for submerged objects. Navigation inaccuracies
lead to errors in predicting the location of objects
and thus increase post-mission search times for explosive
ordnance disposal teams. This paper explores components
of navigation inaccuracy using discrete event simulation to
model the vehicle s navigation system and operational performance.
The simulation generates data used, in turn, to
build statistical models of the probability of detection, the
mean location offset given that detection occurs, and the
location error distribution. Together, these three models
enable operators to explore the impact of various inputs
prior to programming the vehicle, thus allowing them to
choose combinations of vehicle parameters that reduce the
offset error between the reported and actual locations.
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Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference, 940-948.
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