@inproceedings{4c1e06f9a37d4c88b5f7274f0f87a715,
title = "Coalition game-based distributed coverage of unknown environments by robot swarms",
abstract = "We consider the problem of distributed exploration or coverage of an unknown environment by a swarm of mobile mini-robots that have limited memory, computation and communication capabilities. We describe a novel mechanism of distributed coverage of an unknown environment by swarmed robots that can dynamically merge and split into structured teams or exchange team members to improve the efficiency of solving the coverage problem. Our mechanism combines the technique of swarm-based flocking with coalition games to enable robots dynamically select utility maximizing teams that move in formation.",
keywords = "Coalition game, Distributed coverage, Flocking, Swarming",
author = "Ke Cheng and Prithviraj Dasgupta",
year = "2008",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781605604701",
series = "Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS",
publisher = "International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)",
pages = "1169--1172",
booktitle = "7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2008",
note = "7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2008 ; Conference date: 12-05-2008 Through 16-05-2008",
}