Maintaining Connectivity in Mobile Robot Networks

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 117-126

  Michael, Nathan ^a   Zavlanos, Michael M ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Pappas, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; DYNAMIC NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INTER-AGENT COMMUNICATIONS; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; MOBILE ROBOT NETWORKS; NON-HOLONOMIC ROBOT; NON-TRIVIAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84882960052     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00196-3_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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