Reflects a cross-fertilization of ideas from a broad set of disciplines and creativity from a wide array of scientific and engineering research. This book is suitable for faculty, students and researchers interested in optimization, computer science, engineering, the social and behavioral sciences and related applications in cooperative systems.

A broad array of readers, including faculty, graduate students and researchers interested in optimization, computer science, engineering, the social and behavioral sciences and related applications in cooperative systems will find this volume of great value.

Contents:1.Token-Based Approach for Scalable Team CoordinationYang Xu, Paul Scerri, Michael Lewis and Katia Sycara2. Consensus Controllability for Coordinated Multi-Agent SystemsZhipu Jin and Richard M. Murray3. Decentralized Cooperative Optimization for Systems Coupled through the ConstraintsYoshiaki Kuwata and Jonathan P. How4. Consensus Building in Cooperative Control with Information FeedbackWei Ren5. Levy Flights in Robot Swarm Control and OptimizationYechiel J. Crispin6. C.W. Commander et alClayton W. Commander, Panos M. Pardalos, Valeriy Rybchenko, Oleg Shylo, Stan Uryasev, Grigoriy Zrazhevsky7. Network Algorithms for the Dual of the Constrained Shortest Path ProblemBogdan Grechuk, Anton Molyboha, Michael Zabarankin8. Towards an Irreducible Theory of Complex SystemsVictor Korotkikh9. Complexity of a System as a Key to its OptimizationVictor Korotkikh and Galina Korotkikh10. GRASP with Path-Relinking for the Cooperative Communication Problem on Ad-hoc NetworksC.W.Commander, P. Festa, C.A.S. Oliveira, P.M. Pardalos, M.G.C. Resende, M. Tsitselis11. Optimal Control of an ATR Module-Equipped MAV/Human Operator TeamM. Patcher, P.R. Chandler, Dharba Swaroop12. An Investigation of a Dynamic Sensor Motion StrategyNathan P. Yerrick, Abhishek Tiwari, David E. Jeffcoat13. Market Based Adaptive Task Allocations for Autonomous AgentsJared W. Patterson, Kendall E. Nygard14. Cooperative Persistent Surveillance Search Algorithms using Multiple Unmanned Aerial VehiclesDaniel J. Pack and George W.P. York15. Social Networks for Effective TeamsPaul Scerri and Katia Sycara16. Optimization Approaches for Vision-Based Path Planning for Autonomous Micro-Air Vehicles in Urban EnvironmentsM. Zabarankin, A. Kurdila, O. Prokopyev, R. Causey, A. Goel, P. Pardalos17. Cooperative Stabilization and Tracking for Linear Dynamic SystemsYi GuoIndex