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A UAU test and development environment based on dynamic system reconfiguration

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Osamah A. Rawashdeh,

Garrett D. Chandler,

James E. LumppAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 30, Issue 4

Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/1082983.1083227

Published: 17 May 2005 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes ongoing research to develop a framework for implementing dynamically reconfiguring avionics and control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and a test and development environment for experimental UAVs. The framework supports graceful degradation, where hardware and software failures cause a reduction in the quality or capability of the control system but does not result in total system failure. The approach uses a graphical specification representing modular software interdependencies and a runtime system manager that reconfigures the system. The techniques are currently being applied to the design of UAV control systems as part of the BIG BLUE Mars airplane testbed project at the University of Kentucky.

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A UAU test and development environment based on dynamic system reconfiguration
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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 30, Issue 4

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1082983

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Kee VRojas NElara MSosa R(2014)Hinged-Tetro: A self-reconfigurable module for nested reconfiguration2014 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics10.1109/AIM.2014.6878302(1539-1546)Online publication date: Jul-2014
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