1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456824703321

Autore

Bullo Francesco

Titolo

Distributed control of robotic networks [[electronic resource] ] : a mathematical approach to motion coordination algorithms / / Francesco Bullo, Jorge Cortés, Sonia Martínez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-68015-897-X

1-282-45820-5

1-282-93575-5

9786612458200

9786612935756

1-4008-3147-4

0-691-14195-9

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

Princeton series in applied mathematics

Classificazione

SK 880

Altri autori (Persone)

CortésJorge <1974->

MartínezSonia <1974->

Disciplina

629.8/9246

Soggetti

Robotics

Computer algorithms

Robots - Control systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. An introduction to distributed algorithms -- Chapter Two. Geometric models and optimization -- Chapter Three. Robotic network models and complexity notions -- Chapter Four. Connectivity maintenance and rendezvous -- Chapter Five. Deployment -- Chapter Six. Boundary estimation and tracking -- Bibliography -- Algorithm Index -- Subject Index -- Symbol Index

Sommario/riassunto

This self-contained introduction to the distributed control of robotic networks offers a distinctive blend of computer science and control theory. The book presents a broad set of tools for understanding coordination algorithms, determining their correctness, and assessing



their complexity; and it analyzes various cooperative strategies for tasks such as consensus, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation. The unifying theme is a formal model for robotic networks that explicitly incorporates their communication, sensing, control, and processing capabilities--a model that in turn leads to a common formal language to describe and analyze coordination algorithms. Written for first- and second-year graduate students in control and robotics, the book will also be useful to researchers in control theory, robotics, distributed algorithms, and automata theory. The book provides explanations of the basic concepts and main results, as well as numerous examples and exercises. Self-contained exposition of graph-theoretic concepts, distributed algorithms, and complexity measures for processor networks with fixed interconnection topology and for robotic networks with position-dependent interconnection topology Detailed treatment of averaging and consensus algorithms interpreted as linear iterations on synchronous networks Introduction of geometric notions such as partitions, proximity graphs, and multicenter functions Detailed treatment of motion coordination algorithms for deployment, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, and boundary estimation



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484322603321

Titolo

Evolution of Telecommunication Services : The Convergence of Telecom and Internet: Technologies and Ecosystems / / edited by Emmanuel Bertin, Noel Crespi, Thomas Magedanz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-41569-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 327 p. 105 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 7768

Disciplina

004.6

Soggetti

Computer networks

Application software

Software engineering

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence

Information storage and retrieval systems

Computer Communication Networks

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Software Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

Information Storage and Retrieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Part I: History and Perspectives on the Telecom -- Standardized Assets -- Network and Control Platforms -- Telecom Applications, APIs and Service Platforms -- Value Added Services in the Evolving Multimedia Communication Network -- NGN Standardization as a Strength -- Part II: A New Competitive Landscape between Operators, Device Makers and OTT Service -- Providers; Why Are the Operators Challenged and How they Can Compete -- A Short History of VoIP Services -- NGN Shortcomings -- An IT Perspective on Standards, Service Architectures and Platforms -- A Review: What Matters for Ecosystem Business Strategy -- New Regulatory Approaches in an Evolving Market Structure



-- Part III: New Opportunities, Future Battlefields -- Virtualizing Devices -- Virtualizing Platforms -- Virtualizing Network -- Internet of Things -- Internet of Services.

Sommario/riassunto

In the telecom world, services have usually been conceived with a specific mindset. This mindset has defined the  traditional characteristics of these services; services distinguished by their linkage with the access network, tight control over service use (e.g., authentication, billing),  lack of deep personalization capabilities (mass services only) and reliance on standardization to achieve end-to-end interoperability between all the actors of the value chain (e.g., operators, platform manufacturers, device manufactures). This book offers insights into this complex but exciting world of telecommunications characterized by constant evolution, and approaches it from technology as well as business perspectives. The book is appropriately structured in three parts: (a) an overview of the state-of-the-art in fixed/mobile NGN and standardization activities; (b) an analysis of the competitive landscape between operators, device manufactures and OTT providers, emphasizing why network operators are challenged on their home turf; and (c) opportunities for business modeling and innovative telecom service offers.