A multivehicle platform for research in networked embedded systems

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 58-78

  Cruz, Daniel ^a   Mcclintock, James ^a   Perteet, Brent ^a   Orqueda, Omar A A ^a   Cao, Yuan ^a   Fierro, Rafael ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COOPERATIVE CONTROL; MULTIVEHICLE PLATFORM; SOFTWARE LIBRARY;

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL;

EID: 34249901790     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2007.365004     Document Type: Article

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