Opportunistic optimization for market-based multirobot control

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2714-2720

  Dias, M Bernardine ^a   Stentz, Anthony ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

MARKET-BASED MULTIROBOT CONTROL; OPPORTUNISTIC OPTIMIZATION; TASK ALLOCATION;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 0036453349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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