Ant-based swarming with positionless micro air vehicles for communication relay

Swarm Intelligence

Volumn 2, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 167-188

  Hauert, Sabine ^a   Winkler, Laurent ^a   Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Army ants; Communication relay; Microair vehicles (MAVs); Pheromone robotics; Situated communication; Swarm intelligence; Swarming without positioning

Indexed keywords

ARMY ANTS; COMMUNICATION RELAY; MICROAIR VEHICLES (MAVS); PHEROMONE ROBOTICS; SITUATED COMMUNICATION; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; SWARMING WITHOUT POSITIONING;

AD HOC NETWORKS; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; IMAGE SENSORS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 54249156360     PISSN: 19353812     EISSN: 19353820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11721-008-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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