Automatic training method applied to a WiFi+ultrasound POMDP navigation system

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1049-1061

  Ocana M ^a   Bergasa, L M ^a   Sotelo, M A ^a   Flores, R ^a   Llorca, D F ^a   Schleicher, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Partially Observable Markov Decision Process; WiFi signal strength localization system; WiFi+Ultrasound robot navigation system

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; AUTOMATIC TRAINING; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BAUM-WELCH ALGORITHMS; EM ALGORITHMS; LOCAL NAVIGATION; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; ROBOT LOCALIZATION; ROBOT NAVIGATION SYSTEM; ROBOT POSITIONS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; WI-FI SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MARKOV PROCESSES; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTS; ULTRASONICS; WI-FI;

NAVIGATION CHARTS;

EID: 70450175249     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574709005463     Document Type: Article

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