Leader-follower flocking: Algorithms and experiments

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1211-1219

  Gu, Dongbing ^a   Wang, Zongyao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative control; Distributed control; Flocking behavior; Leader follower flocking; Multirobot systems

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; FLOCKING BEHAVIOR; LEADER-FOLLOWER FLOCKING; MULTIROBOT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; PERSONNEL;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70049098930     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2008.2009461     Document Type: Article

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