Efficient boustrophedon multi-robot coverage: An algorithmic approach

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 109-142

  Rekleitis, Ioannis ^a   New, Ai Peng ^b   Rankin, Edward Samuel ^b   Choset, Howie ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic robotics; Coverage; Multi robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749095241     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10472-009-9120-2     Document Type: Article

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