Task decomposition, dynamic role assignment, and low-bandwidth communication for real-time strategic teamwork

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-273

  Stone, Peter ^a   Veloso, Manuela ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DYNAMIC ROLE ASSIGNMENT; INTER AGENT COMMUNICATION; PERIODIC TEAM SYNCHRONIZATION; ROBOTIC SOCCER; TASK DECOMPOSITION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0033149662     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-3702(99)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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