Coordination control of multiple ellipsoidal agents with collision avoidance and limited sensing ranges

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-257

  Do, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; Coordination control; Ellipsoidal agents; Potential functions

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTICAL STABILITY; CONTROL DESIGN; COORDINATION CONTROL; COORDINATION CONTROLLERS; CRITICAL SETS; DESIGN COORDINATION; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; SENSING RANGES; SEPARATION CONDITION; STEP FUNCTIONS;

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; SEPARATION;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 82955247098     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysconle.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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