A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker

We propose a Bayesian multi-target batch processing algorithm capable of tracking an unknown number of targets that move close and/or cross each other in a dense clutter environment. The optimal Bayes multitarget tracking problem is formulated in the random finite set framework and a particle margin...

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Main Authors: Vu, T., Vo, Ba-Ngu, Evans, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: IEEE 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34528
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Evans, R.
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description We propose a Bayesian multi-target batch processing algorithm capable of tracking an unknown number of targets that move close and/or cross each other in a dense clutter environment. The optimal Bayes multitarget tracking problem is formulated in the random finite set framework and a particle marginal Metropolis-Hastings (PMMH) technique which is a combination of the Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm and sequential Monte Carlo methods is applied to compute the multi-target posterior distribution. The PMMH technique is used to design a high-dimensional proposal distributions for the MH algorithm and allows the proposed batch process multi-target tracker to handle a large number of tracks in a computationally feasible manner. Our simulations show that the proposed tracker reliably estimates the number of tracks and their trajectories in scenarios with a large number of closely spaced tracks in a dense clutter environment albeit, more expensive than online methods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-345282017-09-13T15:11:57Z A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker Vu, T. Vo, Ba-Ngu Evans, R. We propose a Bayesian multi-target batch processing algorithm capable of tracking an unknown number of targets that move close and/or cross each other in a dense clutter environment. The optimal Bayes multitarget tracking problem is formulated in the random finite set framework and a particle marginal Metropolis-Hastings (PMMH) technique which is a combination of the Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm and sequential Monte Carlo methods is applied to compute the multi-target posterior distribution. The PMMH technique is used to design a high-dimensional proposal distributions for the MH algorithm and allows the proposed batch process multi-target tracker to handle a large number of tracks in a computationally feasible manner. Our simulations show that the proposed tracker reliably estimates the number of tracks and their trajectories in scenarios with a large number of closely spaced tracks in a dense clutter environment albeit, more expensive than online methods. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34528 10.1109/TSP.2014.2329270 IEEE restricted
spellingShingle Vu, T.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Evans, R.
A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title_full A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title_fullStr A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title_full_unstemmed A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title_short A Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings Multi-Target Tracker
title_sort particle marginal metropolis-hastings multi-target tracker
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34528