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| | Representing State |
 | | These abstractions (relative position, velocity, etc.), usually termed state vectors, are required in order to arrive at guidance decisions, are the quantities that devices try to measure, and thus must serve as the basis for designing the representational, or attribute structure of models. |
 | | State vector types are not restricted to descriptions of objects as they are in the world, but also include information about the future and past. |
 | | Finally, because most ACS models represent estimates of the state of the world, there are bottom-up, local, and top-down forces influencing the calculation and use of these representations with respect to their intrinsic accuracy, the computational limitations of estimation techniques, and/or system-wide control of the ACS. |
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