SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 11 months ago
2008
SPRINGER
Abstract Stage is a C++ software library that simulates multiple mobile robots. Stage version 2, as the simulation backend for the Player/Stage system, may be the most commonly use...
SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 11 months ago
2008
SPRINGER
In this paper, we study self-organized flocking in a swarm of mobile robots. We present Kobot, a mobile robot platform developed specifically for swarm robotic studies. We describe...
SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 11 months ago
2008
SPRINGER
We present a biologically inspired approach to the dynamic assignment and reassignment of a homogeneous swarm of robots to multiple locations, which is relevant to applications lik...
SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 11 months ago
2008
SPRINGER
Designing and analyzing self-organizing systems such as robotic swarms is a challenging task even though we have complete knowledge about the robot's interior. It is difficul...
SWARM
2008
SPRINGER
13 years 11 months ago
2008
SPRINGER
We present two swarm intelligence control mechanisms used for distributed robot path formation. In the first, the robots form linear chains. We study three variants of robot chains...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Springer
Existing wireless networks usually provide multiple data transmission rates. This paper presents a simulation study on the performance of multiple-rate mobile ad hoc networks (MAN...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Springer
This paper presents an efficient solution technique for the steady-state analysis of the second-order Stochastic Fluid Model underlying a second-order Fluid Stochastic Petri Net (...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Springer
In this paper, we consider the problem of devising a loop scheduler that allocates slots to users according to their relative weights as smoothly as possible. Instead of the exist...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Springer
-- We present a new class of finite queues in cyclic networks with production blocking. We show that with a threshold property related to the number of customers in the network, th...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Springer
Approximating general distributions by phase-type (PH) distributions is a popular technique in stochastic analysis, since the Markovian property of PH distributions often allows a...