Using formal modeling with an automated analysis tool to design and parametrically analyze a multirobot coordination protocol: A case study

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-297

  Esposito, Joel M ^a   Kim, Moonzoo ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automata; Design automation; Formal languages; Mobile robots

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; FORMAL LANGUAGES; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN AUTOMATION; LINEAR HYBRID AUTOMATA MODEL;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34247216545     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2006.886378     Document Type: Article

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