A systematic approach to the problem of odour source localisation

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-276

  Lytridis, C ^a,c   Kadar, E E ^a,d,e   Virk, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institution of Electrical Engineers

^d Institute of Hydraulic Planning   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased random walk; Biological search strategies; Chemical diffusion fields; Chemotaxis; Odour localisation

Indexed keywords

BIASED RANDOM WALK; BIOLOGICAL SEARCH STRATEGIES; CHEMICAL DIFFUSION FIELDS; CHEMOTAXIS; ODOR LOCALIZATION;

AUDITION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VISION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745314577     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-7414-3     Document Type: Article

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