Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008
Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008
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ECMI 2008 工业数学进展
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-12110-4_134
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2010
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Farber M
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Farber M
Methods of algebraic topology are used to analyze the structure of motion planning algorithms in robotics. Navigational complexity of a mechanical system is measured by a numerical invariant TC(X) depending on the homotopy type of the configuration spaceX. Computations of TC(X) use various topological tools including cohomology algebras and cohomology operations. This paper is a brief survey introducing these topics to the community of applied and industrial mathematicians. The method is illustrated by applications to problems of simultaneous control of multiple moving objects.