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When planning a path in their environment, humans reason on a hierarchical representation of this environment. They first plan a path trough coarse zones, then refine this path during navigation, as relevant information is perceived. In this article, we propose a method that automatically generates a semantically consistent hierarchical decomposition of an urban environment. We also present a path planning process that takes advantage of this representation to delay some decisions and propose path options that enable a smart path adaptation when unexpected events occur.
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Jorgensen, CJ., Lamarche, F. (2014). Semantically Consistent Hierarchical Decomposition of Virtual Urban Environments. In: Christie, M., Li, TY. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8698. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11650-1_12
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