A reliable distributed algorithm for group size estimation with minimal communication requirements

2009 International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brambilla, Manuele ^a   Pinciroli, Carlo ^a   Birattari, Mauro ^a   Dorigo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; GROUP SIZE;

PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; ROBOTICS; SIGNALING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 70449393216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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