Convoying: using chorusing to form travelling groups of minimal agents

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Melhuish, Chris ^a   Holland, Owen ^a   Hoddell, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL INSPIRATION; CHORUSING MECHANISM; MINIMAL MOBILE AGENTS; PARTICULAR SIZE; TRAVELLING GROUPS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033172493     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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