Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding

In this paper, immune systems and its relationships with multi-robot shepherding problems are discussed. The proposed algorithm is based on immune network theories that have many similarities with the multi-robot systems domain. The underlying immune inspired cooperative mechanism of the algorithm i...

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Main Authors: Razali, Sazalinsyah, Meng, Qinggang, Yang, Shuang-Hua
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Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/1/razali2012-IJCIA-immune.pdf
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author Razali, Sazalinsyah
Meng, Qinggang
Yang, Shuang-Hua
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Meng, Qinggang
Yang, Shuang-Hua
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description In this paper, immune systems and its relationships with multi-robot shepherding problems are discussed. The proposed algorithm is based on immune network theories that have many similarities with the multi-robot systems domain. The underlying immune inspired cooperative mechanism of the algorithm is simulated and evaluated. The paper also describes a refinement of the memory-based immune network that enhances a robot’s action-selection process. A refined model, which is based on the Immune Network T-cell-regulated—with Memory (INT-M) model, is applied to the dog-sheep scenario. The refinements involves the low-level behaviors of the robot dogs, namely shepherds’ formation and shepherds’ approach. These behaviors would make the shepherds to form a line behind the group of sheep and also obey a safety zone of each flock, thus achieving better control of the flock and minimize flock separation occurrences. Simulation experiments are conducted on the Player/Stage robotics platform.
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spelling utem-1832021-09-29T00:06:07Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/ Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding Razali, Sazalinsyah Meng, Qinggang Yang, Shuang-Hua QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QR180 Immunology In this paper, immune systems and its relationships with multi-robot shepherding problems are discussed. The proposed algorithm is based on immune network theories that have many similarities with the multi-robot systems domain. The underlying immune inspired cooperative mechanism of the algorithm is simulated and evaluated. The paper also describes a refinement of the memory-based immune network that enhances a robot’s action-selection process. A refined model, which is based on the Immune Network T-cell-regulated—with Memory (INT-M) model, is applied to the dog-sheep scenario. The refinements involves the low-level behaviors of the robot dogs, namely shepherds’ formation and shepherds’ approach. These behaviors would make the shepherds to form a line behind the group of sheep and also obey a safety zone of each flock, thus achieving better control of the flock and minimize flock separation occurrences. Simulation experiments are conducted on the Player/Stage robotics platform. World Scientific Publishing 2012-03 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/1/razali2012-IJCIA-immune.pdf Razali, Sazalinsyah and Meng, Qinggang and Yang, Shuang-Hua (2012) Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications, 11 (1). pp. 1250007-1250022. ISSN 1469-0268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1469026812500071 10.1142/S1469026812500071
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QR180 Immunology
Razali, Sazalinsyah
Meng, Qinggang
Yang, Shuang-Hua
Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title_full Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title_fullStr Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title_full_unstemmed Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title_short Immune Inspired Cooperative Mechanism with Refined Low-level Behaviors for Multi-Robot Shepherding
title_sort immune inspired cooperative mechanism with refined low-level behaviors for multi-robot shepherding
topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
QR180 Immunology
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/
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http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/183/1/razali2012-IJCIA-immune.pdf