A t-distribution based particle filter for target tracking

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 2191-2196

  Shaojun, Li ^a   Hong, Wang ^b,c   Tianyou, Chai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian tracking; ECME algorithm; Nonlinear non Gaussian stochastic systems; Student t distribution particle alter; Target tracking; The bootstrap filter; Unscented Kalman filter

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; INFERENCE ENGINES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ROBUST CONTROL;

BAYESIAN TRACKING; BOOTSTRAP FILTERS; ECME ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR NONGAUSSIAN STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STUDENT-T DISTRIBUTION PARTICLES; UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTERS;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 34047203478     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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