Motion planning with gamma-harmonic potential fields

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2786-2801

  Masoud, Ahmad A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; CONDUCTING MEDIUM; DESCRIPTORS; GOAL POINTS; HARMONIC POTENTIAL FIELDS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; POTENTIAL FIELD;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 84867513084     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2012.6324661     Document Type: Article

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