Model continuity to support software development for distributed robotic systems: A team formation example

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-87

  Hu, Xiaolin ^a   Zeigler, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVS; Distributed robotic system; Model continuity; Modeling and simulation; Scalability; Team formation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DISTRIBUTED ROBOTIC SYSTEM; MODEL CONTINUITY; MULTI ROBOT SYSTEM; TEAM FORMATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0842304978     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JINT.0000010805.84283.b6     Document Type: Article

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