A Reasoning Based Model for Anomaly Detection in the Smart City Domain

Using a visual scene object tracker and a Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System we demonstrate how to predict and detect various anomaly classes. The approach combines an object tracker with a base ontology and the OpenNARS reasoner to learn to classify scene regions based on accumulating evidence from typical entity class (tracked object) behaviours. The system can autonomously satisfy goals related to anomaly detection and respond to user Q&A in real time. The system learns directly from experience with no initial training required (one-shot). The solution is a fusion of neural techniques (object tracker) and a reasoning system (with ontology).