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SIGGRAPH
1990
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Fast animation and control of nonrigid structures
We describe a fast method for creating physically based animation of non-rigid objects. Rapid simulation of nonrigid behavior is based on global deformations. Constraints are used...
Andrew P. Witkin, William Welch
DAGM
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Multi-step Entropy Based Sensor Control for Visual Object Tracking
We describe a method for selecting optimal actions affecting the sensors in a probabilistic state estimation framework, with an application in selecting optimal zoom levels for a ...
Benjamin Deutsch, Matthias Zobel, Joachim Denzler,...
TOG
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Real-time control of physically based simulations using gentle forces
Recent advances have brought real-time physically based simulation within reach, but simulations are still difficult to control in real time. We present interactive simulations of...
Jernej Barbic, Jovan Popovic
ICRA
2005
IEEE
140views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
13 years 10 months ago
Fast Reinforcement Learning for Vision-guided Mobile Robots
— This paper presents a new reinforcement learning algorithm for accelerating acquisition of new skills by real mobile robots, without requiring simulation. It speeds up Q-learni...
Tomás Martínez-Marín, Tom Duc...
WSC
1997
13 years 6 months ago
Evaluation of a (R, s, Q, c) Multi-Item Inventory Replenishment Policy Through Simulation
In this paper, the case of a cardboard box marketing firm is studied and a (R,s,Q,c) inventory replenishment policy is proposed and evaluated by means of discrete event simulation...
Carlos B. Ramirez Cerda, Armando J. Espinosa de lo...