glossary.tex

% Terms
\newglossaryentry{driverless}
{
    name=Driverless,
    description={A self-driving car incorporating vehicular automation, that is, a ground vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving safely with little or no human input. Detailed in section \ref{sec:Driverless}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{a_star_search_algorithm}
{
    name=A* Search Algorithm,
    description={A graph traversal and path search algorithm, which is often used in many fields of computer science due to its completeness, optimality, and optimal efficiency \cite{artificial_intelligence_a_modern_approach}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{rapidly-exploring_random_tree}
{
    name=Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree,
    description={A graph traversal and path search algorithm, which is often used in many fields of computer science due to its completeness, optimality, and optimal efficiency \cite{rapidly-exploring_random_trees} \cite{randomized_kinodynamic_planning}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{darpa_grand_challenge}
{
    name=DARPA Grand Challenge,
    description={A prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense \cite{darpa_grand_challenge_online}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{formula_sae}
{
    name=Formula SAE,
    description={Also known as Formula Student, it is a student design competition organized by SAE International \cite{sae_student_events}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{sae_international}
{
    name=SAE International,
    description={Is a globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries \cite{formula_sae}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{gazebo}
{
    name=Gazebo,
    description={An open-source 3D robotics simulator. It integrated the ODE physics engine, OpenGL rendering, and support code for sensor simulation and actuator control \cite{gazebo_simulator}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{controller_area_network}
{
    name=Controller Area Network,
    description={A robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other's applications without a host computer \cite{history_of_can_technology}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{lidar}
{
    name=Lidar,
    description={A method for determining ranges (variable distance) by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver \cite{what_is_lidar}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{odometry}
{
    name=Odometry,
    description={The use of motion sensors to determine a robot's change in position relative to some known position \cite{robo-rats_locomotion_odometry}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{global_positioning_system}
{
    name=Global Positioning System,
    description={One of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver \cite{global_positioning_system}}
}

\newglossaryentry{black_box}
{
    name=Black Box,
    description={A system which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs, without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is ``opaque'' (black) \cite{a_general_black_box_theory}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{cell_decomposition}
{
    name=Cellular Decomposition,
    description={A cellular decomposition G of a manifold M is a decomposition of M as the disjoint union of cells \cite{decompositions_of_manifolds}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{cylindrical_algebraic_decomposition}
{
    name=Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition,
    description={A notion, and an algorithm to compute it. Given a set S of polynomials in Rn, a cylindrical algebraic decomposition is a decomposition of Rn into connected semialgebraic sets called cells, on which each polynomial has constant sign, either +, - or 0 \cite{cylindrical_algebraic_decompostion}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{tarski_sentences}
{
    name=Tarski Sentences,
    description={Tarski's material adequacy condition, also known as Convention T, holds that any viable theory of truth must entail, for every sentence P, a sentence of the following form: P is true if, and only if, P \cite{a_companion_to_the_philosophy_of_language}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{infinite_horizon_problem}
{
    name=Infinite Horizon Problems,
    description={Are by definition the limit of the corresponding N-stage problem, as N --> Infinity \cite{infinite_horizon_problems}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{euclidean_distance}
{
    name=Euclidean Distance,
    description={The length of a line segment between the two points in Euclidean space \cite{precalculus_a_problems_oriented_approach}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{triangulation}
{
    name=Triangulation,
    description={The process of determining the location of a point by forming triangles to the point from known points \cite{multiple_view_geometry_in_computer_vision}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{ggv}
{
    name=GGV,
    description={If a GG diagram shows the acceleration, a car can achieve at a given speed. Then a GGV diagram would show the maximum acceleration a car can sustain in any horizontal direction when travelling at any speed. The driver's task would then be to take the car to the boundaries of its performance envelope at every moment, while the task of the engineers would be to expand the car's performance envelope by improving its tires, aerodynamics, powertrain and more \cite{the_performance_envelope_or_ggv_diagram}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{ipopt}
{
    name=IPOPT,
    description={Interior Point OPTimizer: A software library for large scale nonlinear optimization of continuous systems \cite{ipopt}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{abscissa}
{
    name=Abscissa,
    description={The distance along the horizontal coordinate, or x axis, of a point P from the vertical or y axis of a graph \cite{a_dictionary_of_epidemology}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{fibonacci}
{
    name=Fibonacci,
    description={A sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones \cite{fibonacci}},
    type=term
}

\newglossaryentry{latex}
{
    name=LaTeX,
    description={A high-quality typesetting system for document preparation; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation \cite{latex}},
    type=term
}

% Acronyms
\newacronym{zhaw}{ZHAW}{Zurich University of Applied Sciences}
\newacronym{fszhaw}{FSZHAW}{Formula Student ZHAW}
\newacronym{sae}{SAE}{Society of Automotive Engineers}
\newacronym{cv}{CV}{Internal Combustion Vehicle}
\newacronym{ev}{EV}{Electric Vehicle}
\newacronym{dc}{DC}{Driverless Cup}
\newacronym{eufs}{EUFS}{Edinburgh University Formula Student}
\newacronym{tum}{TUM}{Technical University of Munich}
\newacronym{ftm}{FTM}{Future Transport Mobility}
\newacronym{tumftm}{TUMFTM}{Technical University of Munich Future Transport Mobility}
\newacronym{fsds}{FSDS}{Formula Student Driverless System}
\newacronym{amz}{AMZ}{Academic Motorsports Club Zurich}
\newacronym{eth}{ETH}{Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich}
\newacronym{mpcc}{MPCC}{Model Predictive Contouring Controller}
\newacronym{rrt}{RRT}{Rapidly-exploring Random Tree}
\newacronym{mppi}{MPPI}{Model Predictive Path Integration}
\newacronym{zur}{ZUR}{Zurich UAS Racing}
\newacronym{ros}{ROS}{Robot Operating System}
\newacronym{gnss}{GNSS}{Global Navigation Satellite System}
\newacronym{rdt}{RDT}{Rapidly Exploring Dense Tree}
\newacronym{vm}{VM}{Virtual Machine}
\newacronym{res}{RES}{Remote Emergency System}
\newacronym{rf}{RF}{Radio Frequency}
\newacronym{can}{CAN}{Controller Area Network}
\newacronym{gps}{GPS}{Global Positioning System}