@INPROCEEDINGS{1513187,
  author={P. S. {Dias} and S. L. {Fraga} and R. M. F. {Gomes} and G. M. {Goncalves} and F. L. {Pereira} and J. {Pinto} and J. B. {Sousa}},
  booktitle={Europe Oceans 2005}, 
  title={Neptus - a framework to support multiple vehicle operation}, 
  year={2005},
  volume={2},
  number={},
  pages={963-968 Vol. 2},
  abstract={This paper describes the development of a C3I (communications, command, control and intelligence/information) infrastructure, taking place at the Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (LSTS) of FEUP. This infrastructure, the Neptus framework, goal is to support the coordinated operation of heterogeneous teams, which include autonomous and remotely operated underwater, surface, land, and air vehicles and people. People perform a fundamental role, not only in the case of remotely operated vehicles, but also with autonomous vehicles where mix-initiative operation is a requirement. The operational scenarios for these teams are mainly environmental monitoring missions but could also include environmental disaster scenarios, rescue missions, etc. The Neptus distributed architecture is service oriented, which enables high degrees of interoperability between applications, of scalability (number of nodes), and of reconfiguration (number and type of nodes).},
  keywords={remotely operated vehicles;underwater vehicles;middleware;systems engineering;environmental management;aircraft;transportation;Neptus;multiple vehicle operation;C3I infrastructure;Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory;FEUP;autonomous operated vehicle;remotely operated vehicle;underwater vehicle;surface vehicle;land vehicle;air vehicle;people factor;mixed initiative operation;environmental monitoring mission;environmental disaster;rescue mission;distributed architecture;service oriented architecture;interoperability;control network;middleware;systems analysis;systems engineering;Remotely operated vehicles;Mobile robots;Underwater communication;Communication system control;Control systems;Intelligent control;Laboratories;Land surface;Land vehicles;Underwater vehicles},
  doi={10.1109/OCEANSE.2005.1513187},
  ISSN={},
  month={June},}