Path Planning On The Warp Computer: Using A Linear Systolic Array In Dynamic Programming

F. Bitz; H. T. Kung

doi:10.1117/12.942035

21 January 1988 Path Planning On The Warp Computer: Using A Linear Systolic Array In Dynamic Programming

F. Bitz, H. T. Kung

Proceedings Volume 0826, Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942035
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Given a map in which each position is associated with a traversability cost, the path planning problem is to find a minimum-cost path from a source position to every other position in the map. The paper proposes a dynamic programming algorithm to solve the problem, and analyzes the exact number of operations that the algorithm takes. The algorithm accesses the map in a highly regular way, so it is suitable for parallel implementation. The paper describes two general methods of mapping the dynamic programming algorithm onto the linear systolic array in the Warp machine developed by Carnegie Mellon. Both methods have led to efficient implementations on Warp. It is concluded that a linear systolic array of powerful cells like the one in Warp is effective in implementing the dynamic programming algorithm for solving the path planning problem.

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F. Bitz and H. T. Kung "Path Planning On The Warp Computer: Using A Linear Systolic Array In Dynamic Programming", Proc. SPIE 0826, Advanced Algorithms and Architectures for Signal Processing II, (21 January 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942035

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