Coalescent multi-robot teaming through ASyMTRe: A formal analysis

2005 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR '05, Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 817-824

  Tang, Fang ^a   Parker, Lynne E ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION ALGORITHM; HETEROGENEOUS ROBOT TEAMS; TIGHTLY-COUPLED SENSOR SHARING;

ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33747590464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2005.1507502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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