Conflict metric as a measure of sensing quality

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2032-2039

  Carlson, Jennifer ^a   Murphy, Robin R ^a   Christopher, Svetlana ^a   Casper, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer theory; Evidential reasoning; Mobile robotics; Sensor uncertainty; Unknown environment mapping

Indexed keywords

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; MAP QUALITY; SENSOR UNCERTAINTY; SONAR DATA;

BUILDING MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846137685     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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