Computer Science

Map Learning with Indistinguishable Locations

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Nearly all spatial reasoning problems involve uncertainty of one sort or another. Uncertainty arises due to the inaccuracies of sensors used in measuring distances and angles. We refer to this as directional uncertainty. Uncertainty also arises in combining spatial information when one location is mistakenly identified with another. We refer to this as recognition uncertainty. Most problems in constructing spatial representations (maps) for the purpose of navigation involve both directional and recognition uncertainty. In this paper, we show that a particular class of spatial reasoning problems involving the construction of representations of large-scale space can be solved efficiently even in the presence of directional and recognition uncertainty. We pay particular attention to the problems that arise due to recognition uncertainty. © 1990, Elsevier Science & Technology. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition

Publication Date

1990

Volume

10

Issue

C

First Page

331

Last Page

341

ISSN

0923-0459

DOI

10.1016/B978-0-444-88738-2.50033-6

APA Citation

Basye, K., & Dean, T. (1990). Map learning with indistinguishable locations. In Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (Vol. 10, pp. 331-341). North-Holland.

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