Statistical evaluation method for comparing grid map based sensor fusion algorithms

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-133

  Cohen, Ofir ^a   Edan, Yael ^a   Schechtman, Edna ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evaluation method; Mobile robots; Performance measures; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOBILE ROBOTS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVALUATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; SENSOR FUSION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 32944474169     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906060480     Document Type: Article

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