Patch sorting: Multi-object clustering using minimalist robots

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2159, Issue , 2001, Pages 543-552

  Melhuish, Chris ^a   Wilson, Matt ^a   Sendova Franks, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS;

MULTI-OBJECTS; NEW MECHANISMS; OBJECT CLUSTERING; OBJECT SORTING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 23044529192     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44811-x_62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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