Geometric formations in swarm aggregation: An artificial formation force based approach

Proceedings of the 2007 3rd International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, ICIAFS

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 82-87

  Ekanayake, Samitha W ^a   Pathirana, Pubudu N ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative systems; Distributed control; Geometric pattern formation; Stability analysis; Swarm

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; GEOMETRIC PATTERN FORMATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SWARM;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 51149088952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2007.4544784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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