Multi-Fidelity Modeling For The Design Of A Maritime Environmental Survey Network Utilizing Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Multifidelity topology design of a maritime survey operation with UUVs

“…This article builds upon our previous preliminary work in Morey et al (2021), which considered a single data-gathering scenario in an ocean environment and calculated reliability and revisit-time metrics based on simplifying assumptions. This previous study was unable to clearly differentiate between different configuration designs with respect to the UUV assignment to data collection sensors or locations for the same number of UUVs.…”

“…This previous study was unable to clearly differentiate between different configuration designs with respect to the UUV assignment to data collection sensors or locations for the same number of UUVs. In this paper, we include two data-gathering scenarios, the one with UUVs posing as mobile sensors that collect data at prespecified locations as in Morey et al (2021), and a new scenario with UUVs ferrying data to a centralized depot from stationary sensors that continuously collect data. The depot is used to recharge the UUV batteries and to serve as a central data repository.…”