Lost at Sea
Optimization and Control
2016-03-15 v2 Metric Geometry
Abstract
What is the path of minimum expected length for escaping a planar convex region Omega? We rigorously obtain best 2-segment and 3-segment solutions when Omega is an infinite strip, and numerically examine 2-segment solutions when Omega is a disk.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0411518,
title = {Lost at Sea},
author = {Steven R. Finch and John A. Shonder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411518},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
12 pages, 6 figures