Using aggregate motion in multi-agent teams to solve search and transport problems

Proceedings - 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 383-390

  Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Reggia, James A ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; MOBILE AGENTS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 33745789212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIS.2005.1501645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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