Reliable plan selection by intelligent machines /

This book derives techniques which allow reliable plans to be automatically selected by intelligent machines. It concentrates on the uncertainty analysis of candidate plans so that a highly reliable candidate may be identified and used. For robotic components, such as a particular vision algorithm f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McInroy, John E.
Other Authors: Musto, Joseph C., Saridis, George N., 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, 1995.
Series:Series in intelligent control and intelligent automation ; v. 1.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book derives techniques which allow reliable plans to be automatically selected by intelligent machines. It concentrates on the uncertainty analysis of candidate plans so that a highly reliable candidate may be identified and used. For robotic components, such as a particular vision algorithm for pose estimation or a joint controller, methods are explained for directly calculating the reliability.
However, these methods become excessively complex when several components are used together to complete a plan. Consequently, entropy minimization techniques are used to estimate which complex tasks will be performed reliably. The book first develops tools for directly calculating the reliability of sub-systems, and methods of using entropy minimization to greatly facilitate the analysis are explained. Since these sub-systems are used together to accomplish complex tasks, the book then explains how complex tasks can be efficiently evaluated.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 154 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.
ISBN:9789812830791 (electronic bk.)
9812830790 (electronic bk.)