Distributed multi-robot coalitions through ASyMTRe-D

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2606-2613

  Tang, Fang ^a   Parker, Lynne E ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

CONTRACT NET PROTOCOLS; DISTRIBUTED REASONINGS; INFORMATION SHARING; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOL; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; REASONING APPROACH; SOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 79958016045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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