Acquiring and maintaining persistence of autonomous multi-vehicle formations

IET Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 452-460

  Fidan, B ^a   Yu, C ^a   Anderson, B D O ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; RIGIDITY;

COHESIVE MOTION; SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 33847637084     PISSN: 17518644     EISSN: 17518652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cta:20050409     Document Type: Article

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