Exploiting subgraph structure in multi-robot path planning

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volumn 31, Issue , 2008, Pages 497-542

  Ryan, Malcolm R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; MOTION PLANNING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; TABU SEARCH;

MULTI-ROBOT PATH PLANNING; SEARCH SPACES; SUBGRAPHS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 44449122353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10769757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1613/jair.2408     Document Type: Article

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