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Emergent Collective Behaviors in a Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Pedestrian Simulation: A Case Study

2015

In this work, a Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning framework is used to generate simulations of virtual pedestrians groups. The aim is to study the influence of two different learning approaches in the quality of generated simulations. The case of study consists on the simulation of the crossing of two groups of embodied virtual agents inside a narrow corridor. This scenario is a classic experiment inside the pedestrian modeling area, because a collective behavior, specifically the lanes formation, emerges with real pedestrians. The paper studies the influence of different learning algorithms, function approximation approaches, and knowledge transfer mechanisms on performance of learned ped…

Collective behaviorFunction approximationbusiness.industryComputer scienceBellman equationVector quantizationProbabilistic logicReinforcement learningArtificial intelligencebusinessTransfer of learningKnowledge transferSimulation
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Efficient gene delivery to the inflamed colon by local administration of recombinant adenoviruses with normal or modified fibre structure

1999

BACKGROUND/AIMSReplication deficient recombinant adenoviruses represent an efficient means of transferring genes in vivo into a wide variety of dividing and quiescent cells from many different organs. Although the gastrointestinal tract is a potentially attractive target for gene therapy approaches, only a few studies on the use of viral gene transfer vehicles in the gut have been reported. The prospects of using recombinant adenoviruses for gene delivery into epithelial and subepithelial cells of the normal and inflamed colon are here analysed.METHODSAn E1/E3 deleted recombinant adenovirus (denoted AdCMVβGal) and an adenovirus with modified fibre structure (denoted AdZ.F(pk7)) both express…

ColonT cellGenetic enhancementGenetic VectorsGene ExpressionBiologyGene deliverymedicine.disease_causeRecombinant virusArticleAdenoviridaeMiceAdministration RectalGene expressionmedicineAnimalsHumansReporter geneLamina propriaMice Inbred BALB CGastroenterologyGene Transfer TechniquesDefective VirusesColitisInflammatory Bowel Diseasesbeta-GalactosidaseVirologyMolecular biologyAdenoviridaemedicine.anatomical_structureInjections IntravenousInjections Intraperitoneal
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Colour segmentation based on a light reflection model to locate citrus fruits for robotic harvesting

1993

Abstract Colour segmentation with a vision system is a good procedure to identify and locate fruits in robotic harvesting. Natural illumination conditions present in these environments produce a very variable illumination of the scene, in addition, fruits are usually partially occluded, and complete visual information about them is not available. The colour segmentation used for these purposes must take into account the appearance of highlights and shadows that natural illumination conditions produce. A method based on the Dichromatic Reflection Model for the light reflected from the surface object is reported here. Through the assumption of this model the light rays reflected from points o…

Color imageMachine visionComputer sciencebusiness.industryForestryImage segmentationHorticultureRayComputer Science ApplicationsPosition (vector)ShadowReflection (physics)SegmentationComputer visionArtificial intelligencebusinessAgronomy and Crop ScienceComputers and Electronics in Agriculture
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Baer cones in finite projective spaces

1987

Let R and V be two skew subspaces with dimensions r and v of P=PG(d,q). If q is a square, then there is a Baer subspace V* of V, i.e. a subspace of dimension v and order √q. We call the set C(R,V*)=\(\mathop \cup \limits_p \), where the union is taken over all PeV*, aBaer cone oftype (r,v).

CombinatoricsAlgebraDimension (vector space)Cone (topology)Projective spaceOrder (ring theory)Geometry and TopologyLinear subspaceSubspace topologySquare (algebra)MathematicsJournal of Geometry
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Zur Existenz von Lösungen gewisser Randwertaufgaben

1971

With the aid of some known results about integral equations of the Hammerstein type there is proofed an existence theorem for the following class of boundary value problems−y″−l 2 y′=f(x,y),y(a)=y(b)=0,l 2>0 mit|f(x, y)|=0,l 3 (x)>0. The existence range is determined by the greatest eigenvalue of some linear problem.

CombinatoricsApplied MathematicsGeneral MathematicsMathematical analysisLinear problemGeneral Physics and AstronomyExistence theoremIntegral equationBoundary valuesEigenvalues and eigenvectorsMathematicsZeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik ZAMP
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Optimal Locations and Inner Products

1997

Abstract In a normed space X , we consider objective functions which depend on the distances between a variable point and the points of certain finite sets A . A point where such a function attains its minimum on X is generically called an optimal location. In this paper we obtain characterizations of inner product spaces with properties connecting optimal locations and the convex hull of A or barycenters of points of A with well chosen weights. We thus generalize several classical results about characterization of inner product spaces.

CombinatoricsConvex hullInner product spaceApplied MathematicsMathematical analysisPoint (geometry)Function (mathematics)Characterization (mathematics)Finite setAnalysisNormed vector spaceVariable (mathematics)MathematicsJournal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
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Remarks on the semivariation of vector measures with respect to Banach spaces.

2007

Suppose that and . It is shown that any Lp(µ)-valued measure has finite L2(v)-semivariation with respect to the tensor norm for 1 ≤ p < ∞ and finite Lq(v)-semivariation with respect to the tensor norm whenever either q = 2 and 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 or q > max{p, 2}. However there exist measures with infinite Lq-semivariation with respect to the tensor norm for any 1 ≤ q < 2. It is also shown that the measure m (A) = χA has infinite Lq-semivariation with respect to the tensor norm if q < p.

CombinatoricsDiscrete mathematicsGeneral MathematicsNorm (mathematics)Locally convex topological vector spaceComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGBanach spaceInterpolation spaceUniformly convex spaceBanach manifoldLp spaceNormed vector spaceMathematicsBulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society
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The constant osculating rank of the Wilking manifold

2008

We prove that the osculating rank of the Wilking manifold V3 = (SO (3) × SU (3)) / U• (2), endowed with the metric over(g, )1, equals 2. The knowledge of the osculating rank allows us to solve the differential equation of the Jacobi vector fields. These results can be applied to determine the area and the volume of geodesic spheres and balls. To cite this article: E. Macias-Virgos et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 346 (2008). © 2007 Academie des sciences.

CombinatoricsGeodesicDifferential equationMathematical analysisMetric (mathematics)Vector fieldGeneral MedicineRank (differential topology)Constant (mathematics)ManifoldMathematicsOsculating circleComptes Rendus Mathematique
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The Ptolemy and Zbăganu constants of normed spaces

2010

Abstract In every inner product space H the Ptolemy inequality holds: the product of the diagonals of a quadrilateral is less than or equal to the sum of the products of the opposite sides. In other words, ‖ x − y ‖ ‖ z − w ‖ ≤ ‖ x − z ‖ ‖ y − w ‖ + ‖ z − y ‖ ‖ x − w ‖ for any points w , x , y , z in H . It is known that for each normed space ( X , ‖ ⋅ ‖ ) , there exists a constant C such that for any w , x , y , z ∈ X , we have ‖ x − y ‖ ‖ z − w ‖ ≤ C ( ‖ x − z ‖ ‖ y − w ‖ + ‖ z − y ‖ ‖ x − w ‖ ) . The smallest such C is called the Ptolemy constant of X and is denoted by C P ( X ) . We study the relationships between this constant and the geometry of the space X , and hence with metric fix…

CombinatoricsInner product spaceApplied MathematicsProduct (mathematics)Mathematical analysisBanach spaceFixed-point theoremSpace (mathematics)Constant (mathematics)Fixed-point propertyAnalysisNormed vector spaceMathematicsNonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications
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ON THE INDEX OF VECTOR FIELDS TANGENT TO HYPERSURFACES WITH NON-ISOLATED SINGULARITIES

2002

Let $F$ be a germ of a holomorphic function at $0$ in ${\bb C}^{n+1}$ , having $0$ as a critical point not necessarily isolated, and let $\tilde{X}:= \sum^n_{j=0} X^j(\partial/\partial z_j)$ be a germ of a holomorphic vector field at $0$ in ${\bb C}^{n+1}$ with an isolated zero at $0$ , and tangent to $V := F^{-1}(0)$ . Consider the ${\cal O}_{V,0}$ -complex obtained by contracting the germs of Kahler differential forms of $V$ at $0$ \renewcommand{\theequation}{0.\arabic{equation}} \begin{equation} \Omega^i_{V,0}:=\frac{\Omega^i_{{\bb C}^{n+1},0}}{F\Omega^i_{{\bb C}^{n+1},0}+dF\wedge{\Omega^{i-1}}_{{\bb C}^{n+1}},0} \end{equation} with the vector field $X:=\tilde{X}|_V$ on $V$ : \begin{equa…

CombinatoricsKähler differentialGeneral MathematicsMathematical analysisHolomorphic functionTangentVector fieldGravitational singularityTangent vectorvector fieldOmegaCritical point (mathematics)MathematicsJournal of the London Mathematical Society
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