An agent-based simulation for multi-UAVs coordinative sensing

International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-284

  Ming Chen, Yee ^a   Hao Chang, Shu ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerial equipment; Computer applications; Emergent strategy; Intelligent agents; Sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019054     PISSN: 1756378X     EISSN: 17563798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17563780810874744     Document Type: Article

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