Gibbs sampler-based coordination of autonomous swarms

DOI10.1016/j.automatica.2006.03.006zbMath1134.93410OpenAlexW2171312686MaRDI QIDQ856527

Wei Xi, John S. Baras, Xiaobo Tan

Publication date: 7 December 2006

Published in: Automatica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2006.03.006

zbMATH Keywords

simulated annealingGibbs samplerpotential functionsmulti-vehicle coordinationautonomous swarms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automated systems (robots, etc.) in control theory (93C85) Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Stochastic systems in control theory (general) (93E03)

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• Boids

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