Guiding drones by information gain

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Hauptverfasser: van Hove, Alouette, Aalstad, Kristoffer, Pirk, Norbert
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author van Hove, Alouette
Aalstad, Kristoffer
Pirk, Norbert
author_facet van Hove, Alouette
Aalstad, Kristoffer
Pirk, Norbert
contents The accurate estimation of locations and emission rates of gas sources is crucial across various domains, including environmental monitoring and greenhouse gas emission analysis. This study investigates two drone sampling strategies for inferring source term parameters of gas plumes from atmospheric measurements. Both strategies are guided by the goal of maximizing information gain attained from observations at sequential locations. Our research compares the myopic approach of infotaxis to a far-sighted navigation strategy trained through deep reinforcement learning. We demonstrate the superior performance of deep reinforcement learning over infotaxis in environments with non-isotropic gas plumes.
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spellingShingle Guiding drones by information gain
van Hove, Alouette
Aalstad, Kristoffer
Pirk, Norbert
Machine Learning
The accurate estimation of locations and emission rates of gas sources is crucial across various domains, including environmental monitoring and greenhouse gas emission analysis. This study investigates two drone sampling strategies for inferring source term parameters of gas plumes from atmospheric measurements. Both strategies are guided by the goal of maximizing information gain attained from observations at sequential locations. Our research compares the myopic approach of infotaxis to a far-sighted navigation strategy trained through deep reinforcement learning. We demonstrate the superior performance of deep reinforcement learning over infotaxis in environments with non-isotropic gas plumes.
title Guiding drones by information gain
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03947