Energy management in swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 233-250

  Leonard, Jeremie ^a   Savvaris, Al ^a   Tsourdos, Antonios ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Energy management; Recharge; UAV swarm

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; AUTOMATED MAINTENANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; RECHARGE; REMOTE ENVIRONMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84892785521     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-013-9893-8     Document Type: Article

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