Distributed discrete-time coupled harmonic oscillators with application to synchronised motion coordination

IET Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-816

  Ballard, L ^a   Cao, Y ^a   Ren, W ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVERGENCE CONDITIONS; COUPLED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; DISCRETE-TIME; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MOTION COORDINATION; MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOT; NETWORKED MOBILE ROBOTS; SYNCHRONISATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 77955183486     PISSN: 17518644     EISSN: 17518652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cta.2009.0053     Document Type: Article

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