Formation and obstacle avoidance control for multiagent systems

Journal of Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-147

  Yan, Jing ^a   Guan, Xinping ^a,b   Luo, Xiaoyuan ^a   Tan, Fuxiao ^c  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formation; Multiagent systems; Obstacle avoidance; Receding horizon control (RHC)

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COLLISION WITH OBSTACLE; COST MINIMIZATION; FORMATION; LEADER-FOLLOWER FORMATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL PROBLEMS; RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL; SENSING RANGES; SIMULATION STUDIES;

OPTIMIZATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79958224023     PISSN: 16726340     EISSN: 10008152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11768-011-9174-7     Document Type: Article

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