Distributed control of triangular formations with angle-only constraints

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Basiri, Meysam ^a   Bishop, Adrian N ^a   Jensfelt, Patric ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angle constraints; Bearing only measurements; Distributed control; Formation control; Multi agent systems

Indexed keywords

ANGLE CONSTRAINT; BEARING-ONLY; BEARING-ONLY MEASUREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; FORMATION CONTROL;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MOBILE AGENTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 75249102771     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysconle.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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