Distributed estimation and control of swarm formation statistics

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 749-755

  Freeman, Randy A ^a   Peng, Yang ^a   Lynch, Kevin M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOTION CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED ESTIMATION; SWARM FORMATION STATISTICS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34047202478     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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