Metrics for evaluating track covariance consistency

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6699, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Drummond, Oliver E ^a   Ogle, Terry L ^a   Waugh, Steve ^b  

^a CyberRnD Inc   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Covariance consistency; Credibility; Estimation; Filtering; Multiple sensor tracking; Multiple target tracking; Sensor data fusion; Target tracking; Uncertainty; Variance covariance matrix

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; CREDIBILITY; MULTIPLE SENSOR TRACKING; MULTIPLE TARGET TRACKING; VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE ESTIMATION; VECTORS;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 42149118439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.740303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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