Stochastic optimization for autonomous vehicles with limited control authority

D Jones, GA Hollinger, MJ Kuhlman… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and …, 2018ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we present a Stochastic Gradient Ascent (SGA) algorithm for multi-vehicle
information gathering that accounts for limitations on a vehicle's control authority caused by
external forces. By representing vehicle paths using a novel action space representation,
rather than a state space representation, we remove the need to perform feasibility
calculations on the vehicle's path. Our algorithm uses a stochastic optimization scheme by
sampling perturbed action sequences around the current best known sequence to estimate …
In this work, we present a Stochastic Gradient Ascent (SGA) algorithm for multi-vehicle information gathering that accounts for limitations on a vehicle's control authority caused by external forces. By representing vehicle paths using a novel action space representation, rather than a state space representation, we remove the need to perform feasibility calculations on the vehicle's path. Our algorithm uses a stochastic optimization scheme by sampling perturbed action sequences around the current best known sequence to estimate the gradient of a state space information function with respect to the action sequence. Additionally, we use sequential greedy allocation to plan for multiple vehicles. Results are shown using a Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). SGA shows improvement in the amount of information gained over a greedy baseline. Additionally, we compare to Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) Method, which is able to gather competitive amounts of information but is more computationally intensive than our approach.
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