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2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
An Evolutionary Game-Theoretical Approach to Particle Swarm Optimisation
Abstract. This work merges ideas from two very different areas: Particle Swarm Optimisation and Evolutionary Game Theory. In particular, we are looking to integrate strategies from...
Cecilia Di Chio, Paolo Di Chio, Mario Giacobini
ICRA
2008
IEEE
135views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 2 months ago
Distributed grasp synthesis for swarm manipulation with applications to autonomous tugboats
— Assume a swarm of mobile robots is in the act of transporting a large object in the plane, by applying unilateral forces to the perimeter of that object. We address the questio...
Joel M. Esposito
ICRA
2005
IEEE
121views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 1 months ago
Modeling and Analysis of Beaconless and Beacon-Based Policies for a Swarm-Intelligent Inspection System
Abstract— We are developing a swarm-intelligent inspection system based on a swarm of autonomous, miniature robots, using only on-board, local sensors. To estimate intrinsic adva...
Nikolaus Correll, Alcherio Martinoli
SAB
2004
Springer
198views Optimization» more  SAB 2004»
14 years 26 days ago
A Review of Probabilistic Macroscopic Models for Swarm Robotic Systems
Abstract. In this paper, we review methods used for macroscopic modeling and analyzing collective behavior of swarm robotic systems. Although the behavior of an individual robot in...
Kristina Lerman, Alcherio Martinoli, Aram Galstyan
GECCO
2009
Springer
151views Optimization» more  GECCO 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Swarming to rank for information retrieval
This paper presents an approach to automatically optimize the retrieval quality of ranking functions. Taking a Swarm Intelligence perspective, we present a novel method, SwarmRank...
Ernesto Diaz-Aviles, Wolfgang Nejdl, Lars Schmidt-...