Comparing coordination schemes for miniature robotic swarms: A case study in boundary coverage of regular structures

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2008, Pages 471-480

  Correll, Nikolaus ^a   Rutishauser, Samuel ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTS;

COORDINATION ALGORITHMS; MACROSCOPIC PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SELF-ORGANIZED COORDINATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 38949165108     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77457-0_44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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