Using genetic algorithms to evolve the control rules of a swarm of UAVs

Proceedings - 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 359-365

  Soto, Jaime ^a   Lin, Kuo Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior based robots; Genetic algorithms; Swarming; UAV

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-BASED ROBOTS; HIERARCHICAL BEHAVIOR-BASED MODELS; RECTANGULAR TARGETS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845475633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCST.2005.1553335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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