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An analytically tractable potential field model of free space and its application in obstacle avoidance

J H Chuang1, N Ahuja

  • 1Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu.

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
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