Extended stigmergy in collective construction

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 20-28

  Werfel, Justin ^a,c,d,e   Nagpal, Radhika ^b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IEEE   (United States)

^e Sigma Xi ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS; STIGMERGY;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33645691890     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2006.25     Document Type: Review

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