Real-Time Indoor Autonomous Vehicle Test Environment

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-64

  How, Jonathan P ^a   Bethke, Brett ^a   Frank, Adrian ^b   Dale, Daniel ^c   Vian, John ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

MULTIVEHICLE MISSION; REAL-TIME INDOOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TEST ENVIRONMENT;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 41949110987     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2007.914691     Document Type: Article

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