Distributed information retrieval and dissemination in swarm-based networks of mobile, autonomous agents

2003 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2003 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 152-159

  Agassounon, W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous agents; Biology computing; Collaboration; Information retrieval; Intelligent networks; Interference; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Particle swarm optimization

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SWARM INTELLIGENCE; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BIOLOGY COMPUTING; COLLABORATION; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; EXPLICIT COMMUNICATION; LIMITED SENSING CAPABILITIES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 84942133699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIS.2003.1202261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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