Multi-robot search and rescue: A potential field based approach

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 76, Issue , 2007, Pages 9-16

  Baxter, J L ^a   Burke, E K ^a   Garibaldi, J M ^a   Norman, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Merlin Systems Corp Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547966427     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73424-6_2     Document Type: Article

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