Research Article

An MEC Architecture-Oriented Improved RRT Algorithm for Regional Trajectory Planning

Table 2

Explanation of variables and functions in the algorithm of improved RRT.

Variable/functionExplanation

TThe extended search tree
Initial node, or the starting point of path planning
RandomSample Function of random sampling
Random points obtained by random sampling
Nearest Function of finding the nearest point to in tree T
The nearest point to
FindMinCost Function of finding the minimum cost path
The new node to be expanded in next step
InsertNode Function of adding new nodes to the search tree