In this paper a framework for simulation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), oriented to rotary wings aerial vehicles, is presented. It allows UAVs simulation for stand-alone agent or multi-agent exchanging data in cooperative scenarios. The framework, based on modularity and stratification in different specialized layers, allows an easy switching from simulated to real environments, thus reduc...

In this work we study the properties of the mass density field in the non-Gaussian world models simulated by Grossi et al. (2007). We find that the imprints of primordial non-Gaussianity are preserved during the evolution in the low-density tail of the one-point density probability distribution function. Deviations of the order of 10-20 per cent from the Gaussian case can be found out to the pr...

We propose a morphological multi-scale analysis of large scale structures obtained by computer simulations and by observations. Structures are obtained at diierent scales by applying a wavelet transform on the observed and simulated data. Application of a segmenta-tion algorithm allows a quantitative morphological description of the structures at each scale. The morphological parameter which we...

This paper uses a PSOPC model based non-destructive damage identification procedure using frequency and modal data. The objective function formulation for the minimization problem is based on the frequency changes. The method is demonstrated by using a cantilever beam, four-bay plane truss and two-bay two-story plane frame with different scenarios. In this study, the modal data are provided nume...

This paper describes a methodology and supporting software tool that has been developed at AIAI for helping to model the decisions that people take in emergency situations o shore. We believe that this is the rst time that people's decision-making has been incorporated into egress and evacuation models. Our work is therefore an important rst step in the introduction of improved approaches to th...