Multi-vehicle flocking: Scalability of cooperative control algorithms using pairwise potentials

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2292-2299

  Chuang, Yao Li ^a,b   Huang, Yuan R ^a   D'Orsogna, Maria R ^a   Bertozzi, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUBINS VEHICLES; MULTI-VEHICLE FLOCKING; SCALABLE FLOCKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SCALABILITY; THRESHOLD LOGIC; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 36349010169     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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