Title :
Multisensor multitarget intensity filter
Author_Institution :
Metron, Inc., Reston, VA
fDate :
June 30 2008-July 3 2008
Abstract :
A multisensor multitarget intensity filter is derived for N sensors. The multitarget process is assumed to be a Poisson point process, as are the sensor measurement sets. The sensor data are pooled, but sensor labels are retained. The likelihood function of the pooled data is obtained via the Poisson point process models. The Bayes information updated point process is not Poisson, but it is shown that all its single target marginal probability densities are identical. The Bayes posterior density is approximated by the product of its marginal densities. The marginal single target density is scaled to obtain the intensity of the Poisson point process approximation. The fused multisensor multitarget intensity filter is the average of the sensor intensity filters, provided sensor coverages are identical. The filter for non-identical sensor coverages is also described.
Keywords :
Bayes methods; Poisson distribution; filtering theory; sensor fusion; target tracking; Bayes information updated point process; Bayes posterior density; Poisson point process approximation; multisensor multitarget intensity filter; multitarget process; sensor intensity filters; Multisensor tracking; Poisson point process; data association; intensity filter; multisensor fusion; multitarget tracking; probability hypothesis density;
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion, 2008 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cologne
Print_ISBN :
978-3-8007-3092-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024883-2