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Research and Engineering of Intelligent Systems

Performance Metrics

Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
PerMIS '03

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NIST Special Publication 1014

September 16 - 18, 2003
Edited by: E.R. Messina and A.M. Meystel

The Proceedings are available in PDF format. You can view each paper or the entire proceedings below. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it for free from Adobe.

 

Morning Plenary - Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Albus, J., Performance Measures for Intelligent Systems: From Theory to Experiment

Session TuAM1 - Machine Intelligence: Measures & Issues I (Chairs: R. Madhavan, J. Spall)
Madhavan, R., Messina, E., Quantifying Uncertainty Towards Information-Centric Unmanned Navigation
Spall, J., The Fisher Information Matrix: Performance Measure and Monte Carlo-Based Computation
Horst, J., Exercising a Native Intelligence Metric on an Autonomous On-Road Driving System
Krishna, K., Hexmoor, H., Towards Quantification of the Need to Cooperate between Robots

Session TuAM2 - Metrics in Control and Planning (Chairs: K. Pathak, A. Suri)
Pathak, K., Agrawal, S., Messina, E., A Computationally Efficient Scheme for Hierarchical Predictive Control
Joshi, S., Surianarayan, A., Calibration of a 6-DOF Cable Robot Using Two Inclinometers
Guo, Y., Qu, Z., Wang, J., A New Performance-Based Motion Planner for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots
Roy, A., Iqbal, K., Contributors to Postural Stabilization: A Modeling - Simulation Study

Afternoon Plenary
Zadeh, L. Protoform Theory and Its Basic Role in Human Intelligence, Deduction, Definition and Search

Session TuPM1 - Invited Session: Performance Metrics for Perception Systems (Chairs: T. Hong and M. Shneier)
Dufourd, D., Dalgalarrondo, A., Results and Lessons Learned from the Quantitative Evaluation of Road Detection and Tracking Algorithms
Phillips, P., Grother, P., Micheals, R., Blackburn, D., Tabassi , E., Bone, M., Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002
Cheok, G., Stone, W., Witzgall, C., Some Issues Relating to Performance Evaluation of LADARs
Chalidabhongse, T., Kim, K., Hardwood, D., Davis, L., A Perturbation Method for Evaluating Background Subtraction Algorithms
Hong, T., Chang, T., Takeuchi, A., Cheok, G., Scott, H., Shneier, M., Performance Evaluation of Sensors on Mobile Vehicles Using a Large Data Repository and Ground Truth

Session TuPM2 - Measuring Autonomy of a System (Chairs: A. Yavnai and H. Huang)
Huang, H., Messina, E., Albus, J., Toward a Generic Model for the Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS)
Huang, H., Messina, E., Albus, J., Autonomy Level Specification for Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: Interim Progress Report
Proud, R., Hart, J., Mrozinski, R., Methods for Determining the Level of Autonomy to Design into a Human Spaceflight Vehicle: A Functional Specific Approach
Yavnai, A., An Information-Based Approach for System Autonomy Metrics: Part I: Metrics Definition

Morning Plenary - Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Shoemaker, C., Army Robotics Technology: Evolution of Autonomy

Session WeAM1 - Machine Intelligence: Measures & Issues II (Chairs: L. Arata and R. Cottam)
Gunderson, J., Gunderson, L., Mom! The Vacuum Cleaner is Chasing the Dog Again!
Ulinwa, C., MIQ: Understanding a Machine through Multiple Perspectives Analysis
Berg-Cross, G., A Pragmatic Approach to Discussing Intelligence in Systems
Cottam, R., Ranson, W., Vounckx, R., Abstract or Die: Life, Artificial Life and (v)Organisms
Arata, L., Interactive Measures and Innovation

Session WeAM2- Invited Session: Technology Readiness Level Assessment of an Intelligent System (Chairs: A. Jacoff and A. Lytle)
Schipani, S., An Evaluation of Operator Workload, During Partially-Autonomous Vehicle Operations
Sholtz, J., Antonishek, B., Young, J., Evaluation of Operator Interventions in Autonomous Off-road Driving
Witzgall, C., Cheok, G., Gilsinn, D., Terrain Characterization from Ground-Based LADAR

Session WePM1 - Invited Session: Performance Metrics for Driving Systems (Chairs: C. Schlenoff and J. McKnight)
McKnight, J., McKnight, S., Motor Vehicle Technology: Automation of Driving Tasks
Parent, M., Yang, M., Performance Metrics for Cybercars
Barbera, A., Horst, J., Schlenoff, C., Wallace, E., Aha, D., Developing World Model Specification and Metrics for Sensory Processing for On-road Driving Tasks
Zimmerman, N., Schlenoff, C., Balakirsky, S., Wray, R., Performance Evaluation of Tools & Techniques for Representing Cost-Based Decision Criteria for On-Road Autonomous Navigation

Session WePM2 - Invited Session: Modeling and Simulation Support for Performance Evaluation (Chairs: S.Balakirsky and M. Fields)
Headden, W., Maloof, M., Evaluating Rules Learned from Simulated Environments
Fields, M., Haug, T., Developing a Chemical Reconnaissance Behavior for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Using the OneSAF Battlefield Simulation Tool
Fields, M., Developing an Overwatching Fires Mission for a Team of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Morning Plenary - Thursday, September 18, 2003
Leedom, D., Advancing the State-of-the-Art Intelligent Systems: Scientific Rigor in Our Methods of Experimentation

Session ThAM1 - Evaluation of Human and Robot Interactions (Chairs: J. Drury)
Crandall, J., Goodrich, M., Measuring the Intelligence of a Robot and its Interface
Drury, J., Riek, L., Christiansen, A., Eyler-Walker, Z., Maggi, A., Smith, D., Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction in a Search-and-Rescue Context
Olson, D., Goodrich, M., Metrics for Evaluating Human-Robot Interactions

Session ThAM2 - Evaluating Algorithms & Tools for Intelligence (Chairs: SB. VerDuin and A. Guez)
Kothamasu, R., Huang, S., VerDuin, W., Analysis of Performance Evaluation Metrics to Combat the Model Selection Problem
Balakirsky, S., Kramer, T., NOT (Faster Implementation ==> Better Algorithm), A Case Study
Hutchison, D., Spall, J., Stopping Stochastic Approximation
Guez, A., A Multiple Objectives Optimization Approach To Robotic Teams’ Analysis, Design and Control
Jarrold, W., Using an Ontology to Evaluate a Large Rule Based Ontology: Theory and Practice

Session ThPM1 - Applied Performance Evaluation (Chairs: A. Clerentin and W. McBride)
Clerentin, A., Delahoche, L., Brassart, E., Izri, S., Imprecision and Uncertainty Quantification for the Problem of Mobile Robot Localization
Jacoff, A., Weiss, B., Messina, E., Evolution of a Performance Metric for Urban Search and Rescue Robots (2003)
McBride, W., Longoria, R., Krotkov, E., Measurement and Prediction of the Off-Road Mobility of Small Robotic Ground Vehicles
Chin, D., Real Time 3-D Discrimination of Buried Object in Subsurface Soil

White Paper - Performance Measures for Intelligent Systems Measures of Technology Readiness


Contact

Ms. Elena Messina
NIST
Intelligent Systems Division
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8230
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8230
Phone: 301-975-3510
Fax: 301-990-9688
E-mail: elena.messina@nist.gov

Date created: 4/27/04
Last updated: April 27, 2004

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