Multi-robot task allocation: Analyzing the complexity and optimality of key architectures

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 3862-3868

  Gerkey, Brian P ^a   Matarić, Maja J ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTITASKING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTIROBOT COORDINATION MECHANISM; MULTIROBOT TASK ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0345327609     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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