Geometric Reinforcement Learning for Path Planning of UAVs

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-409

  Zhang, Baochang ^a   Mao, Zhili ^a   Liu, Wanquan ^b   Liu, Jianzhuang ^c,d  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Geometric; Path planning; UAV

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANTENNAS; GEOMETRY; MOTION PLANNING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

GEOMETRIC; GEOMETRIC DISTANCES; MULTIPLE UAVS; PATH LENGTH; RISK INFORMATION; RISK MEASURES; TARGET POINT;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84921068524     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-013-9901-z     Document Type: Article

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