Title
Evidential grids information management in dynamic environments
Abstract
An occupancy grid map is a common world representation for mobile robotics navigation. Usually, the information stored in every cell is the probability on the occupancy state. In this paper, an evidential approach based on Dempster-Shafer theory is proposed to process the information in accordance with the least commitment principle. The map grid is updated by a fusion mechanism by using an inverse model of the sensor. We show that the evidential framework offers powerful tools to make a good management of uncertainties especially when the sensory data are poor in terms of information. After having presented the key concepts of evidential grids with respect to probabilistic ones, entropy and specificity metrics are introduced to qualify the degree of information stored in the cells. Some comparisons with the probabilistic approach are given on fusion and decision results using simulation. We also report experimental results to illustrate the performance of a real-time implementation of the method with a 4-layer lidar mounted in the bumper of a car driving in real urban traffic conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.5281/zenodo.34812
Information Fusion
Keywords
Field
DocType
automobiles,control engineering computing,inference mechanisms,information management,mobile robots,path planning,probability,sensor fusion,uncertainty handling,4-layer lidar,Dempster-Shafer theory,car bumper,dynamic environments,evidential grid information management,fusion mechanism,inverse sensor model,mobile robotic navigation,occupancy grid map,occupancy state probability
Data mining,Computer science,Lidar,Artificial intelligence,Probabilistic logic,Robotics,Fusion mechanism,Grid reference,Computer vision,Information management,Dempster–Shafer theory,Machine learning,Occupancy grid mapping
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Julien Moras1795.77
Véronique Cherfaoui215016.92
Philippe Bonnifait345255.82