Social foraging theory for robust multiagent system design

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Andrews, Burton W ^a   Passino, Kevin M ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent; Autonomous vehicle; Cooperative control; Design; Evolution; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Foraging theory; Group size; Manufacturer; Multiagent; Social

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEARCH ENGINES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE; COOPERATIVE CONTROL; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY (ESS); FORAGING THEORY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846296911     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.872124     Document Type: Article

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