Decentralized control for a swarm of vehicles performing source localization

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Hurtado, J E ^a   Robinett III, R D ^b   Dohrmann, C R ^b   Goldsmith, S Y ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative robots; Decentralized control; Distributed sensors

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INVARIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; VEHICLES;

COLLECTION OF AGENTS; COOPERATIVE ROBOTS; DISTRIBUTED SENSORS; FUNCTION-MINIMIZATION THEORY;

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL;

EID: 20744432347     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JINT.0000049161.62303.e5     Document Type: Article

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