Finite state modeling of mobile robots for complexity determination

Rahul Ranjan; Harpreet Singh; Anuj Awasthi; William Smuda; Grant R. Gerhart

doi:10.1117/12.667205

12 May 2006 Finite state modeling of mobile robots for complexity determination

Rahul Ranjan, Harpreet Singh, Anuj Awasthi, William Smuda, Grant R. Gerhart

Proceedings Volume 6230, Unmanned Systems Technology VIII; 62302E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667205
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Development of software for autonomous ground vehicles has been a mission critical issue for army. For the last two decades, different definitions of software complexity have been proposed. However, no definition has been found to be highly satisfactory. So in this report, a new definition of software complexity based on the rank of a matrix of a finite sequential machine has been proposed. Software has been developed to determine the complexity, so that it could be used in the early stages of software development from the data flow architecture to save cost and development efforts. We have shown the examples of data flow architecture and then complexity calculation based on our software. It is hoped that the results in this paper will help software development to address reliability and complexity issues of autonomous ground vehicle in a better way to assist research in defense and security for such missions.

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Rahul Ranjan, Harpreet Singh, Anuj Awasthi, William Smuda, and Grant R. Gerhart "Finite state modeling of mobile robots for complexity determination", Proc. SPIE 6230, Unmanned Systems Technology VIII, 62302E (12 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667205

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