Chemical plume tracking behavior in animals and mobile robots

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Willis, Mark A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIOINFORMATICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTS;

CHEMICAL PLUME TRACKING; PLUME TRACKING; TRACKING ANIMAL; TURBULENT PLUME;

ANIMALS;

EID: 78649580169     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2008.tb00423.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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