Summary of Physics-guided Abnormal Trajectory Gap Detection, by Arun Sharma et al.
Physics-Guided Abnormal Trajectory Gap Detection
by Arun Sharma, Shashi Shekhar
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computational Geometry (cs.CG); Databases (cs.DB); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes two novel algorithms, Space Time-Aware Gap Detection (STAGD) and Dynamic Region Merge-based (DRM), to identify abnormal gaps in trajectories. The problem is crucial for improving maritime safety and regulatory enforcement against illegal activities such as fishing, oil transfers, and trans-shipments. Current methods assume linear interpolation within gaps, which may not detect abnormal gaps since objects can deviate from their shortest path. The authors previously introduced an abnormal gap measure using a space-time prism model and a scalable memoized gap detection algorithm (Memo-AGD). This paper extends those ideas by leveraging space-time indexing and merging of trajectory gaps, allowing for more efficient computation of gap abnormality scores. Theoretical proofs demonstrate the correctness and completeness of both algorithms, while experimental results show significant improvements in computation time over the baseline technique. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding missing pieces in maps that track moving objects, like ships or planes. Sometimes these objects stop reporting their location, but other objects nearby keep reporting theirs. This can help with things like keeping the seas safe and stopping bad things from happening. The problem is hard because we need to figure out where those missing objects could have gone. Right now, people just assume they went in a straight line, which isn’t always true. The authors came up with some new ways to solve this problem using math and computer science. They tested their ideas on fake data and real data from the ocean and it worked really well. |
