A modified particle swarm algorithm for robotic mapping of hazardous environments

Soft Computing with Industrial Applications - Proceedings of the Sixth Biannual World Automation Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 31-36

  Hardin, C T ^a   Cui, X ^a   Ragade, R K ^a   Graham, J H ^a   Elmaghraby, A S ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour mapping; Edge detection; Hazard detection; Particle swarm; Robotics; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EDGE DETECTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONTOUR MAPPING; GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION; HAZARD DETECTION; PARTICLE SWARM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 32844472963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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