Analysis of decentralized variable structure control for collective search by mobile robots

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3523, Issue , 1998, Pages 40-47

  Goldsmith, Steven ^a   Feddema, John ^a   Robinett, Rush ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective robotics; Complex systems; Complexity; Mobile robotics; Variable structure control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; FINITE AUTOMATA; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; SENSORS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ALPHA AGENTS; ALPHA-BETA TEAM; COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; COLLECTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHM; DECENTRALIZED VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROL; LYAPUNOV DIRECT METHOD; SEARCH SPACE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0037622019     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.327013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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