A post-hoc cognitive strategies visualization tool for operators in command and control environments, TRACS (Tracking Resource Allocation Cognitive Strategies) captures the critical steps performed in solving a resource allocation problem like those typically encountered in mission planning and replanning. TRACS presents a human operator’s cognitive strategies in a twodimensional space, using a...

This paper proposes a path and motion planning algorithm for a tree climbing problem. This problem is challenging as the shape of tree is complex and irregular. To our best knowledge, this is the first paper dealing with the path planning problem on natural tree environment. Different from conventional motion planning approach that requires constructing a complex configuration space, this paper...

The large amount of computation necessary for obtaining time optimal solution for moving a manipulator on specified path has made it impossible to introduce an on line time optimal control algorithm. Most of this computational burden is due to calculation of switching points. In this paper a learning algorithm is proposed for finding the switching points. The method, which can be used for both ...

finding an optimal path for a robot in a soccer field involves different parameters such as the positions of the robot, positions of the obstacles, etc. due to simplicity and smoothness of ferguson spline, it has been employed for path planning between arbitrary points on the field in many research teams. in order to optimize the parameters of ferguson spline some evolutionary or intelligent al...

This paper presents methodology for development of software application for integration of process planning, scheduling, and the mobile robot navigation in manufacturing environment. Proposed methodology is based on the Russian Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) and multiagent system (MAS). Contradiction matrix and inventive principles are proved as effective TRIZ tool to solve contradi...

In this paper, some of the relationships between optimal control and statistics are examined. In a series of earlier papers, we examined the relationship between optimal control and conventional splines and between optimal control and the statistical theory of smoothing splines. In this paper, we present a unified treatment of these two problems and extend the same framework to include the conc...

In many application areas, including planning, workflow, guideline and protocol management, the description of the domain involves composite and/or periodic events, mutually related by temporal constraints on the execution order. Such events represent ‘classes’, since they can be instantiated to specific executions of the plan, guideline etc., and each execution must ‘respect’ the temporal cons...

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