Using fuzzy logic to design separation function in flocking algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 826-838

  Gu, Dongbing ^a   Hu, Huosheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative control; Flocking behavior; Multirobot systems; Nonsmooth systems

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ALIGNMENT; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMICS; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; ISOMERS; NAVIGATION; SEPARATION; TRAJECTORIES;

COOPERATIVE CONTROL; FLOCKING BEHAVIOR; FUZZY LOGICS; MULTIROBOT SYSTEMS; NONSMOOTH SYSTEMS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 50549088771     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2008.917289     Document Type: Article

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