Aggregation, foraging, and formation control of swarms with non-holonomic agents using potential functions and sliding mode techniques

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-168

  Gazi, Veysel ^a   Fidan, Bariş ^b   Hanay, Y Sinan ^a   Köksal, M Ilter ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

CONTINUOUS TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLEXIBILITY; NON-HOLONOMIC AGENTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34547216323     PISSN: 13000632     EISSN: 13036203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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