A methodology for provably stable behaviour-based intelligent control

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-73

  Harper, Christopher J ^a,b,c,d   Winfield, Alan F T ^a  

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

^b Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^d Avian Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour based control; Intelligent control; Lyapunov stability; Safety critical systems; Subsumption architecture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

BEHAVIOUR-BASED CONTROL; LYAPUNOV STABILITY; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SUBSUMPTION ARCHITECTURE;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

EID: 29344435312     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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