A simulation framework for coalition formation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 406-411

  Benini, A ^a   Mancini, A ^a   Frontoni, E ^a   Zingaretti, P ^a   Longhi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALITION FORMATIONS; COOPERATIVE SCENARIOS; COOPERATIVE TASKS; LEADER-FOLLOWER; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SIMULATED AGENTS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 80052355021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2011.5983163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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