Online Goal Recognition using Path Signature and Dynamic Time Warping
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arXiv:2605.07736v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Online goal recognition in continuous domains poses two central challenges: efficiently encoding large trajectories and effectively comparing them. Recent work addresses these challenges by using custom state-space representations and metrics to compare observations against hypotheses. However, these approaches often overlook well-established encoding techniques used in other domains that offer substantial advantages. This paper introduces a novel method for online goal recognition that leverages path signatures, a compact, expressive represe
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- arXiv:2605.07736v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Online goal recognition in continuous domains poses two central challenges: efficiently encoding large trajectories and effectively comparing them.
- Recent work addresses these challenges by using custom state-space representations and metrics to compare observations against hypotheses.
- However, these approaches often overlook well-established encoding techniques used in other domains that offer substantial advantages.
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