Tracking an unknown time-varying number of speakers using TDOA measurements: A random finite set approach

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3291-3303

  Ma, Wing Kin ^a,b   Vo, Ba Ngu ^c   Singh, Sumeetpal S ^d   Baddeley, Adrian ^e  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian filter; Random finite set; Sequential Monte Carlo; Source localization; Time difference of arrival

Indexed keywords

RANDOM FINITE SET; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33750390953     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2006.877658     Document Type: Article

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