Improved sensor selection technique by integrating sensor fusion in robot position estimation

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-92

  Koshizen, Takamasa ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS;

GAUSSIAN MIXTURE OF BAYES WITH REGULARIZED EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; SENSOR SELECTION TECHNIQUES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0034275726     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008123508778     Document Type: Article

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