Publication Abstract
Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments
Carruth, D. W., Robbins, B., Thomas, M., Morais, A., Letherwood, M., & Nebel, K. (2006). Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments. In Proceedings of the 25th Army Science Conference. Orlando, FL.
Abstract
Computational models of human cognition have been
applied to many complex real-world tasks including air
traffic control, human-computer interaction, learning
arithmetic, traversing the World Wide Web, intelligent
tutors, instrument-based flight, and vehicle driving. There
are numerous additional applications for these
computational models including integration with models
of human motion, military simulation of enemy agents in
virtual environment training, testing of new vehicle
designs or machine interfaces, and analysis of cognitive
components of tasks. However, most of these models
exist in limited two-dimensional (2D) environments. In
order to apply computational models to tasks in a
dynamic three-dimensional world, extensions to current
cognitive architectures must provide the capability for
models to perceive, process, and act in the threedimensional
environments. The current research will seek
to extend the vision components of a cognitive
architecture to support computational models capable of
simulating human vision in a dynamic three-dimensional
(3D) environment.