String formations of multiple vehicles via pursuit strategy

IET Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1027-1038

  Xiang, J ^a   Braunl T ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SIMULATION EXAMPLE; STABLE STATE; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ALGORITHMS; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAME THEORY;

VEHICLES;

EID: 77953590499     PISSN: 17518644     EISSN: 17518652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cta.2009.0047     Document Type: Article

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