Evolution of fuzzy controllers for robotic vehicles: The role of fitness function selection

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-484

  Doitsidis, L ^a   Tsourveloudis, N C ^a   Piperidis, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evolutionary robotics; Fuzzy logic; Mobile robots

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASURE; EVOLUTION PROCESS; EVOLUTIONARY ROBOTICS; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; FUZZY CONTROLLERS; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS; LINEAR VELOCITY; LOW COSTS; MOBILE ROBOT NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; REAL ROBOT; ROBOTIC VEHICLES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

CONTROLLERS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; ROBOTICS;

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

EID: 70350565466     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-009-9332-z     Document Type: Article

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