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NC
2002
210views Neural Networks» more  NC 2002»
13 years 7 months ago
Recent approaches to global optimization problems through Particle Swarm Optimization
This paper presents an overview of our most recent results concerning the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method. Techniques for the alleviation of local minima, and for detectin...
Konstantinos E. Parsopoulos, Michael N. Vrahatis
IROS
2007
IEEE
141views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
LIVS: Local Interaction via Virtual Stigmergy coordination in distributed search and collective cleanup
Abstract— Distributed coordination is critical for a multirobot system in hazardous waste cleanup under a dynamic environment. To achieve higher efficiency as well as robustness,...
Yan Meng, Jing Gan
IROS
2007
IEEE
112views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Orchestrating concurrency in robot swarms
— A functional approach to programming robot swarms brings with it well-defined properties that allow for automated concurrency and distributed execution. Further, the particula...
Anthony Cowley, Camillo J. Taylor
ANTSW
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Applying Aspects of Multi-robot Search to Particle Swarm Optimization
Abstract. We present a modified version of the Particle swarm Optimization algorithm in which we adjust the virtual swarm search by incorporating inter-agent dynamics native to mul...
Jim Pugh, Loïc Segapelli, Alcherio Martinoli
IROS
2008
IEEE
101views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 2 months ago
Spatial macroscopic models of a bio-inspired robotic swarm algorithm
— We present a comparative study of two spatially resolved macroscopic models of an autonomous robotic swarm. In previous experiments, the collective behavior of 15 autonomous sw...
Heiko Hamann, Heinz Wörn, Karl Crailsheim, Th...