Distributed algorithms for stochastic source seeking with mobile robot networks

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Atanasov, Nikolay A ^a   Le Ny, Jerome ^b   Pappas, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GERAD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BALLOONS; ROBOTS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS; GLOBAL LOCALIZATION; MOBILE ROBOT NETWORKS; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; STOCHASTIC GRADIENT;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84938244747     PISSN: 00220434     EISSN: 15289028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4027892     Document Type: Article

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