An improved PSO-based approach with dynamic parameter tuning for cooperative multi-robot target searching in complex unknown environments

International Journal of Control

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1720-1732

  Cai, Yifan ^a   Yang, Simon X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

multi robot cooperation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; MULTI-ROBOT COOPERATION; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMISATION; RESEARCH RESULTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TARGET SEARCHING;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); ROBOT LEARNING;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 84884880911     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2013.794920     Document Type: Article

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