Theory of distributed estimation using multiple asynchronous sensors

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 717-722

  Alouani, Ali T ^a   Gray, John E ^b   McCabe, Dennis H ^b  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STATE ESTIMATION; THEOREM PROVING; TRACKING (POSITION);

COMMUNICATION DELAYS; DISTRIBUTED ESTIMATION; MULTIPLE ASYNCHRONOUS SENSORS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 24944443389     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2005.1468761     Document Type: Article

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