A differential game approach to formation control

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-93

  Gu, Dongbing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formation control; Linear quadratic differential game; Nash equilibrium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GAME THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; MOBILE ROBOTS; RICCATI EQUATIONS;

FORMATION CONTROL; LINEAR-QUADRATIC DIFFERENTIAL GAME; NASH EQUILIBRIUM;

MOTION CONTROL;

EID: 37749000535     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2007.899732     Document Type: Article

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