Formalization, implementation, and modeling of institutional controllers for distributed robotic systems

Artificial Life

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-141

  Pereira, José N ^a,b   Silva, Porfírio ^b   Lima, Pedro U ^b   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Distributed robotic systems; Executable Petri nets; Institutional robotics; Robotic controllers; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; PETRI NETS; ROBOTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; GENERALIZED STOCHASTIC PETRI NETS; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; MODEL PREDICTION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; ROBOT ACTIONS; ROBOTIC CONTROLLERS; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITIES;

ROBOTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROBOTICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 85047688213     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: 15309185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/ARTL_a_00100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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