Semi-flocking algorithm for motion control of mobile sensors in large-scale surveillance systems

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-137

  Semnani, Samaneh Hosseini ^a   Basir, Otman A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired computing; Distributed control; Mobility control; Sensor coordination; Sensor networks; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MONITORING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; MOBILITY CONTROL; SENSOR COORDINATION; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84919733861     PISSN: 21682267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2014.2328659     Document Type: Article

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