Multiagent flocking with formation in a constrained environment

Journal of Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Lu, Yao ^a   Guo, Yi ^a   Dong, Zhaoyang ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flocking; Formation control; Multiagent system

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; STABILITY;

COMMUNICATION TOPOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FLOCKING; FORMATION CONTROL; MAXIMUM COVERAGE; POTENTIAL FIELD; RELATIVE POSITIONS; STABILITY PROPERTIES;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 77951943391     PISSN: 16726340     EISSN: 10008152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11768-010-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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