Optimizing information value: Improving rover sensor data collection

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-604

  Glasgow, Justin M ^a   Thomas, Geb ^a   Pudenz, Erin ^a   Cabrol, Nathalie ^b,c   Wettergreen, David ^d   Coppin, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Images; Robot; Search

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BANDWIDTH; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

ROBOTIC ASTROBIOLOGY; ROVER SENSOR DATA COLLECTION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 43249103449     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.918614     Document Type: Article

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