Stochastic motion planning and applications to traffic 2012-01-26 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/wiki/images/0/0e/lim-IJRR2011.pdf A recent survey (Schrank and Lomax 2007) estimates that the annual nationwide cost of traffic congestion is US$78 billion, including 4.2 billion hours in lost time and 2.9 billion gallons in wasted fuel. Given the probability distributions of delays on segments, finding good paths requires more than a shortest-path computation, because the ‘optimal substructure’ property does ...

How can we use the “Internet of Things” to make cities more sustainable? – Quora 2012-01-24 I believe that we can use machine2machine or machine2people technology to create a platform to reduce resource wastage. E.g. using sensors and smart phones to match free parking spaces with those looking to park. What other applications could this platform have to reduce energy and resource usage? via How can we use the "Internet of Things" ...

DRL – Publications 2012-01-24 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/drl/wiki/index.php?title=Publications Daniela Rus publications Highlighted projects: TrafficInfo: Guiding People and Robots with Sensor Networks: Coordinated Construction: Distributed Control Algorithms for Networked Mobile Robots: More: