Introduction

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Abstract

Visibility-based optimal path and motion planning problems arise in many real-world situations. We begin with a few examples which will be used later to illustrate the application of the theoretical results and computational algorithms to be developed in the subsequent chapters.

Keywords

Path Planning Service Area Artificial Satellite Path Planning Problem Motion Planning Problem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesUSA

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