Self-Organization as Phase Transition in Decentralized Groups of Robots: A Study Based on Boltzmann Entropy

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Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-146

  Baldassarre, Gianluca ^a  

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Author keywords

Autonomous Robot; Entropy Index; Neural Controller; Phase Transition; Robotic System

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EID: 78049429604     PISSN: 16103947     EISSN: 21978441     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-982-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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