application of the em algorithm for the multitarget/multisensor tracking problem

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Molnar, K J ^a   Modestino, J W ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE;

MULTISENSOR TRACKING;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 0031678885     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/78.651193     Document Type: Article

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