Stigmergic autonomous navigation in collective robotics

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-63

  Cazangi, Renato R ^a   Von Zuben, Fernando J ^a   Figueiredo, Mauricio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 33750002317     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34690-6_2     Document Type: Article

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