Modeling and simulation of swarms for collecting objects

Robotica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-324

  Li, Yangmin ^a   Chen, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Individual based model; Macroscopic model; Markov process; Non smooth system; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; NON-SMOOTH SYSTEM; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33646399210     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574705002195     Document Type: Article

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