Mihaylova, Lyudmila and Lefebvre, Tine and Bryunincks, Herman and Gadeyne, Klaas and De Schutter, Joris (2003) A comparison of decision making criteria and optimization methods for active robotic sensing. In: Numerical Methods and Applications : 5th International Conference, NMA 2002 Borovets, Bulgaria, August 20–24, 2002 Revised Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin, pp. 316-324. ISBN 9783540006084
Abstract
This work presents a comparison of decision making criteria and optimization methods for active sensing in robotics. Active sensing incorporates the following aspects: (i ) where to position sensors, and (ii ) how to make decisions for next actions, in order to maximize information gain and minimize costs. We concentrate on the second aspect: “Where should the robot move at the next time step?”. Pros and cons of the most often used statistical decision making strategies are discussed. Simulation results from a new multisine approach for active sensing of a nonholonomic mobile robot are given.