Hoplites: A market-based framework for planned tight coordination in multirobot teams

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1170-1177

  Kalra, Nidhi ^a   Ferguson, Dave ^a   Stentz, Anthony ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS;

COORDINATION MECHANISM; MULTI-AGENT PLANNING PROBLEM; MULTIROBOT TEAMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 31144473672     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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