Multiple traveling robot problem: A solution based on dynamic task selection and robust execution

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-206

  Sariel Talay, Sanem ^a   Balch, Tucker R ^b   Erdogan, Nadia ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed multirobot task allocation; Incremental task selection; Multiple traveling robot problem (MTRP); Robustness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; COST VALUES; DISTRIBUTED MULTIROBOT TASK ALLOCATION; DYNAMIC TASKS; INCREMENTAL TASK SELECTION; MULTI-ROBOT COOPERATION; MULTIPLE TRAVELING ROBOT PROBLEM (MTRP); NP-HARD; ON DYNAMICS; PRIORITY-BASED; PROCESSING TIME; REAL ROBOT; REAL-WORLD; REAL-WORLD TASK; ROBUST EXECUTION; ROBUSTNESS; SOLUTION QUALITY; TASK ALLOCATION; TOTAL PATH LENGTH; TRAVELING ROBOTS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EID: 67349234584     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2014157     Document Type: Article

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