Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments

Carruth, D. W., Robbins, B., Thomas, M., Morais, A., Letherwood, M., & Nebel, K. (2006). Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments. In Proceedings of the 25th Army Science Conference. Orlando, FL.

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Computational models of human cognition have been applied to many complex real-world tasks including air traffic control, human-computer interaction, learning arithmetic, traversing the World Wide Web, intelligent tutors, instrument-based flight, and vehicle driving. There are numerous additional applications for these computational models including integration with models of human motion, military simulation of enemy agents in virtual environment training, testing of new vehicle designs or machine interfaces, and analysis of cognitive components of tasks. However, most of these models exist in limited two-dimensional (2D) environments. In order to apply computational models to tasks in a dynamic three-dimensional world, extensions to current cognitive architectures must provide the capability for models to perceive, process, and act in the threedimensional environments. The current research will seek to extend the vision components of a cognitive architecture to support computational models capable of simulating human vision in a dynamic three-dimensional (3D) environment.