Hierarchical, concurrent state machines for behavior modeling and scenario control

Author

Ahmad, Omar ; Cremer, James ; Kearney, Joseph ; Willemsen, Peter ; Hansen, Stuart

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

7-9 Dec. 1994

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

42

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for behavior modeling and scenario control based on hierarchical, concurrent state machines (HCSM). We present the structure and informal operational semantics of hierarchical, concurrent state machines. We describe the use of HCSM for scenario control in the Iowa Driving Simulator (IDS), a virtual environment for real-time driving simulation. The paper concludes with an outline of a forthcoming HCSM-based scenario authoring system that will permit non-specialists to graphically program behaviors and design experiments for IDS.<>

Keywords

finite state machines; intelligent control; real-time systems; simulation; virtual reality; Iowa Driving Simulator; behavior modeling; hierarchical concurrent state machines; informal operational semantics; real-time system; scenario control; virtual environment; Authoring systems; Automata; Cities and towns; Computer science; Intrusion detection; Legged locomotion; Real time systems; Robot programming; Robust stability; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AI, Simulation, and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, 1994. Distributed Interactive Simulation Environments., Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Gainesville, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6440-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIHAS.1994.390503

Filename

390503