Virtual leader approach to coordinated control of multiple mobile agents with asymmetric interactions

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-65

  Shi, Hong ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Chu, Tianguang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collective dynamic behavior; Cooperative control; Coordination; Flocking motion; Multi agent systems; Networked systems; Swarm intelligence; Virtual leader

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER CRIME; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLECTIVE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE MODEL; NETWORKED SYSTEM; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; VIRTUAL LEADER;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144489472     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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