Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter

Abstract The Bernoulli filter is a very general, computationally feasible Bayes‐optimal approach for tracking a single disappearing and reappearing target, using a single sensor whose observations are corrupted by missed detections and a known, general point‐clutter process. This paper shows how to...

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Main Author: Ronald Mahler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-IET 2022-12-01
Series:IET Signal Processing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12150
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description Abstract The Bernoulli filter is a very general, computationally feasible Bayes‐optimal approach for tracking a single disappearing and reappearing target, using a single sensor whose observations are corrupted by missed detections and a known, general point‐clutter process. This paper shows how to generalise it to the dyadic labelled random finite set (DLRFS) filter—that is, a very general, computationally feasible Bayes‐optimal approach for tracking two disappearing and reappearing and possibly correlated targets, using a single sensor whose observations are corrupted by missed detections and a known, general clutter process. It is further shown that, like the Bernoulli filter, the DLRFS filter is an exact special case of the labelled multitarget recursive Bayes filter (LMRBF)—and thus that, given the target and sensor models, there cannot be a theoretically better tracking filter. The paper also describes the relationship between the DLRFS filter and the (unlabelled) Gauss–Poisson filter of Singh, Vo, Baddeley, and Zuyev.
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spelling doaj.art-77d036557e454a6da8015d05214678262023-12-03T04:16:23ZengHindawi-IETIET Signal Processing1751-96751751-96832022-12-011691034104910.1049/sil2.12150Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutterRonald Mahler0Random Sets LLC Eagan Minnesota USAAbstract The Bernoulli filter is a very general, computationally feasible Bayes‐optimal approach for tracking a single disappearing and reappearing target, using a single sensor whose observations are corrupted by missed detections and a known, general point‐clutter process. This paper shows how to generalise it to the dyadic labelled random finite set (DLRFS) filter—that is, a very general, computationally feasible Bayes‐optimal approach for tracking two disappearing and reappearing and possibly correlated targets, using a single sensor whose observations are corrupted by missed detections and a known, general clutter process. It is further shown that, like the Bernoulli filter, the DLRFS filter is an exact special case of the labelled multitarget recursive Bayes filter (LMRBF)—and thus that, given the target and sensor models, there cannot be a theoretically better tracking filter. The paper also describes the relationship between the DLRFS filter and the (unlabelled) Gauss–Poisson filter of Singh, Vo, Baddeley, and Zuyev.https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12150Bernoulli filterfinite‐set statisticslabeled random finite setmultitarget tracking
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Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
IET Signal Processing
Bernoulli filter
finite‐set statistics
labeled random finite set
multitarget tracking
title Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
title_full Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
title_fullStr Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
title_full_unstemmed Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
title_short Bayes‐optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
title_sort bayes optimal tracking of two statistically correlated targets in general clutter
topic Bernoulli filter
finite‐set statistics
labeled random finite set
multitarget tracking
url https://doi.org/10.1049/sil2.12150
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