Evolved swarming without positioning information: An application in aerial communication relay

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-32

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

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial evolution; Communication relay; Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs); Situated communication; SMAVNET; Swarm intelligence; Swarming without positioning

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; APPLICATIONS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; IMAGE SENSORS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION; COMMUNICATION RELAY; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAVS); SITUATED COMMUNICATION; SMAVNET; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; SWARMING WITHOUT POSITIONING;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 58149479631     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-008-9104-9     Document Type: Article

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