Ensemble synthesis of distributed control and communication strategies

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4248-4253

  Mather, T William ^a   Hsieh, M Ani ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MARKOV PROCESSES; ROBOTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED IMPLEMENTATION; DYNAMIC ALLOCATIONS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MARKOV JUMP PROCESS; STOCHASTIC HYBRID SYSTEMS;

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EID: 84864487632     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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