On-line navigation in a room

E. Bar-Eli, Piotr Berman, A. Fiat, Peiyuan Yan

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Abstract

We consider the problem of navigating through an unknown environment in which the obstacles are disjoint oriented rectangles enclosed in an n × n square room. The task of a navigating algorithm is to reach the center of the room starting from one of the corners. While there always exists a path of length n, the best previously known navigating algorithm finds paths of length n2O(√in n). We give an efficient deterministic algorithm which finds a path of length O(n In n); this algorithm uses tactile information only. Moreover, we prove that any deterministic algorithm can be forced to traverse a distance of Ω(n In n), even if it uses visual information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA 1992
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages237-249
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)089791466X
StatePublished - 1 Sep 1992
Event3rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA 1992 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 27 Jan 199229 Jan 1992

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
VolumePart F129721

Conference

Conference3rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. SODA 1992
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period27/01/9229/01/92

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