Multi-robot mobility enhanced hop-count based localization in ad hoc networks

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-252

  Sit, Terence Chung Hsin ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a,b   Ang Jr , Marcelo H ^a   Seah, Winston Khoon Guan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Auction based task allocation; Cooperative robotics; Hop count based localization; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; AUCTION BASED TASK ALLOCATION; COOPERATIVE ROBOTICS; HOP-COUNT BASED LOCALIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846896591     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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