Experiments in automatic flock control

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Vaughan, Richard ^a   Sumpter, Neil ^a   Henderson, Jane ^a   Frost, Andy ^a   Cameron, Stephen ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANIMAL INTERACTION; AUTOMATIC FLOCK CONTROL; FLOCK MODEL; ROBOT SHEEPDOG PROJECT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033750210     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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