A performance sensitive hormone-inspired system for task distribution amongst evolving robots

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1293-1298

  Walker, Joanne ^a   Wilson, Myra ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; PERFORMANCE DATA; TASK DISTRIBUTION; TASK-SCHEDULING;

ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 69549098047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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