AUTHOR=Fromreide Mads , Hansen Alex 

TITLE=Predicting Motion Patterns Using Optimal Paths

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.656296

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2021.656296

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=The ability to navigate safely and efficiently through a given landscape is 
relevant for any intelligent moving object. Examples range from robotic science and 
traffic analysis, to the behavior within an ecosystem. Many objects tend to move in 
patterns depending on their nature. By establishing models of patterns of motion one 
may estimate the future motion within an area. We propose here a method for detecting 
regular patterns of motion by modeling the environment as an energy landscape, 
and locating optimal paths through it. A working algorithm is implemented and 
applied to maritime traffic systems. The results that are found, show that the 
method has potential for analyzing and determining regular patterns 
of motion.