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SAMON VRML Scene
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Ocean SAmpling MObile Network
To support the development of an autonomous ocean sampling network (AOSN), a hierarchically distributed controller has been developed. The SAMON controller has been designed to support a multi-vehicle, tactical, autonomous, underwater oceanographic and environmental data collection system. The integration of a hierarchical automaton-based command and control model with the operational levels of a hybrid intelligent controller has yielded a modular, constructivist approach to controller development; and allows for the formal analysis of system dynamics.