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On mathematical modeling in robotics

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Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Mathematical Computing (AISMC 1992)

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Some selected applications of mathematical modeling methods in the AI field robotics are presented in survey style by examples of geometric reasoning, topological reasoning and so-called fibered logical spaces for logical reasoning in robotics. The main perspective is on interaction and combination of different fields and methods from symbolic mathematical computation and AI and the mutual stimulation given by the various disciplines.

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Pfalzgraf, J. (1993). On mathematical modeling in robotics. In: Calmet, J., Campbell, J.A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Mathematical Computing. AISMC 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 737. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57322-4_8

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