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A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents

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Staddon, JER; Chelaru, IM
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
March 25, 1998
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Search strategy is an important component of any system that uses autonomous agents to detect and neutralize mines. We describe a simple and efficient search strategy derived from research on the adaptive spatial behavior of animals. Electromagnetic sensor data are processed to obtain a discrete spatial target distribution. The target distribution is used as input for a dynamic diffusion process. The diffusion surface is used by the demining agent to optimize its spatial moves through a hill climbing technique. The agent chooses to move to the position with the highest diffusion surface value. If the same diffusion surface is available to all agents, the system can be scaled to guide an indefinite number of independent, non-interfering agents.

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John E. R. Staddon
Author John E. R. Staddon Psychology & Neuroscience

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

10.1117/12.304848

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

March 25, 1998

Volume

3390

Start / End Page

404 / 411

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Staddon, J. E. R., & Chelaru, I. M. (1998). A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 3390, pp. 404–411). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304848
Staddon, J. E. R., and I. M. Chelaru. “A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents.” In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3390:404–11, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304848.
Staddon JER, Chelaru IM. A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1998. p. 404–11.
Staddon, J. E. R., and I. M. Chelaru. “A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 3390, 1998, pp. 404–11. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.304848.
Staddon JER, Chelaru IM. A diffusion-based guidance system for autonomous agents. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1998. p. 404–411.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

10.1117/12.304848

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

March 25, 1998

Volume

3390

Start / End Page

404 / 411

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering