Distributed robotic sensor networks: An information-theoretic approach

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1134-1154

  Julian, Brian J ^a,b   Angermann, Michael ^c   Schwager, Mac ^d   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FILTERS; DISTRIBUTED ROBOTICS; ENVIRONMENT STATE; FLYING ROBOTS; GRADIENT BASED; GRADIENT OF MUTUAL INFORMATION; HARDWARE EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; INFORMATIVENESS; JOINT MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE ROBOT; NETWORK DIAMETER; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; QUADROTORS;

INFORMATION THEORY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84865504913     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364912452675     Document Type: Article

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