Evolution of signaling in a multi-robot system: Categorization and communication

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-26

  Ampatzis, Christos ^a   Tuci, Elio ^a   Trianni, Vito ^b   Dorigo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Real robots; Signaling; Swarm robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349081650     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712307087282     Document Type: Article

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