Distributed boundary coverage with a team of networked miniature robots using a robust market-based algorithm

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 52, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 307-333

  Amstutz, Patrick ^a   Correll, Nikolaus ^b   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary coverage; Distributed coverage; Market based algorithms; Miniature robots; Multi robot systems; Networked robots

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749098300     PISSN: 10122443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10472-009-9127-8     Document Type: Article

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