— In this paper visual homing is combined with an appearance model to obtain a navigation method that does not require estimates of the pose. The robot's current view is used to select a target from a collection of panoramic images that forms the map. This requires selecting features to find correspondences and in this paper some feature selection methods are evaluated to see which one is best ...

This chapter provides a roadmap to the burgeoning literature on two-sided markets with a speci…c focus on BtoB marketplaces. Online intermediation involves two-sided network e¤ects between buyers and sellers, and the implications for optimal BtoB platforms’tari¤s are discussed. The chapter discusses …rst the monopoly case, drawing attention to the distinction between upfront registration fees a...

In this paper, a new guidance law is designed to improve the performance of a homing missiles guidance system in terminal phase. For this purpose first of all, the two dimensions equations of motion are formulated, then the approximation dynamic of missile control loop is added to these equations which are nonlinear whit unmatched uncertainty. Then, a new adaptive back-stepping method is develo...

The interception of a maneuvering antisurface missile, as in ballistic missile defense and ship defense scenarios, is formulated as an imperfect information, zero-sum, pursuit-evasion game with a state constraint imposed on the evader. Assuming that the perfect informationversion of the gamedoes not yield a successful result for the defense, the solution of this game is in mixed strategies. The...

A fuzzy predictive pursuit guidance is proposed as an alternative to the conventional methods. The purpose of this scheme is to obtain a stable and fast guidance. The noise effects must be reduced in homing missile guidance to get an accurate control. An aerodynamic missile model is simulated first and a fuzzy predictive pursuit control algorithm is applied to reduce the noise effects. The perf...

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