Interacting multiple-model-based tracking of multiple point targets using an expectation maximization algorithm in an infrared image sequence

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Zaveri, Mukesh A ^a   Merchant, S N ^a   Desai, Uday B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization; Interacting multiple model; Markov random field

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED IMAGING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRACKING (POSITION);

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; INFRARED IMAGE SEQUENCE; MARKOV RANDOM FIELD; MULTIPLE MODEL BASED TRACKING; MULTIPLE POINT TARGETS;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 14544269847     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1827221     Document Type: Article

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