Collective search by mobile robots using alpha-beta coordination

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1456, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-146

  Goldsmith, Steven Y ^a   Robinett, Rush ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative agents; Collective robotics; Collective search; Emergent behavior; Reactive coordination

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; DEFECTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPLOSIVES; LOCATION; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

COLLABORATIVE AGENTS; COLLECTIVE ROBOTICS; COLLECTIVE SEARCH; EMERGENT BEHAVIORS; REACTIVE COORDINATION;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954044977     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0033380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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