Smart cluster bombs - Control of multi-agent systems for military applications

2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 471-476

  Ekanayake, Samitha W ^a   Pathirana, Pubudu N ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multi agent systems; Shape formation; Smart guided weapons; Swarm; Swarming cluster bomb

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

SHAPE FORMATION; SMART GUIDED WEAPONS; SWARMING CLUSTER BOMB;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34748922848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICNSC.2007.372824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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