Neural-network based AUV path planning in estuary environments

Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3724-3730

  Li, Shuai ^a   Guo, Yi ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomous underwater vehicle; estuary environments; Neural networks; path planning

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; CONSTANT CURRENT; DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORKS; ESTUARY ENVIRONMENT; NEURAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMALITY; PATH PLANNING PROBLEMS; REAL TIME;

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ESTUARIES; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84872283727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2012.6359093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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