Collective odor source estimation and search in time-variant airflow environments using mobile robots

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10415-10443

  Meng, Qing Hao ^a   Yang, Wei Xing ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Zeng, Ming ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian rules; Estimation; Fuzzy inference; Multi robot; Odor source localization; Particle swarm optimization; Search

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW KINETICS; FUZZY LOGIC; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FUZZY LOGIC; GASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODORS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; ROBOTICS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82055165539     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111110415     Document Type: Article

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