A novel distributed swarm control strategy based on coupled signal oscillators

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 42-56

  Hartbauer, Manfred ^a   Römer, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COMMUNICATION METHOD; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL STRATEGY; INDIVIDUAL AGENT; INTRINSIC SIGNAL;

COMMUNICATION; SHEAR WAVES;

CLEANING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548629056     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/2/3/002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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