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We design controllers that permit a network of mobile agents with distributed sensing capabilities to track (follow) desired trajectories, and identify what trajectory information must be distributed to each agent for tracking.
Correspondence should be sent to the first author, at sroy@eecs.wsu.edu. This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS 0528882 (Sensors), and by the Office of Naval Research under Grant N000140310848.
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Roy, S., Chen, L., Saberi, A. (2006). On the Information Flow Required for Tracking Control in Networks of Mobile Sensing Agents. In: Nikoletseas, S.E., Rolim, J.D.P. (eds) Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks. ALGOSENSORS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11963271_20
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