Toward developing an optimal cooperative search algorithm for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 506-512

  Delima, Pedro ^a   Pack, Daniel ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Cooperative; Decentralized; Search algorithm; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS; COOPERATIVE; DECENTRALIZED; SEARCH ALGORITHM; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 50949091376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CTS.2008.4543971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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