A framework for coordinated control of multiagent systems and its applications

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

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-548

  Li, Howard ^a   Karray, Fakhreddine ^a   Basir, Otman ^a   Song, Insop ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Ericsson Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of multiagent systems; Framework; Hybrid control systems; Multiagent systems (MASs)

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

HYBRID CONTROL LAYER; INTELLIGENT COORDINATION LAYER;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 43249129174     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.918591     Document Type: Article

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