Collective plume tracing: A minimal information approach to collective control

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4884-4891

  Robinett III, Rush D ^a   Wilson, David G ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(E ,2E) THEORY; BURIED LANDMINES; COLLECTIVE SYSTEMS; DESIGN PROCESSES; FISHER INFORMATION (FI); GENERAL (CO); HAMILTONIAN; IN ORDER; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION RESOURCES; MINIMAL INFORMATION; MINIMUM VALUES; NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; NETWORKED SENSORS; NON LINEAR STABILITY; OPTIMIZ ATION PROBLEMS; STABILITY AND CONTROL;

COMMUNICATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EXERGY; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION THEORY; MACHINE DESIGN; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 46449098367     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2007.4282567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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