L-ALLIANCE: Task-oriented multi-robot learning in behavior-based systems

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-322

  Parker, Lynne E ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS;

BEHAVIOR BASED SYSTEM; TASK ORIENTED ACTION SELECTION MECHANISMS;

ROBOT LEARNING;

EID: 0031365781     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855397X00344     Document Type: Article

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