Robotic mapping using measurement likelihood filtering

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-190

  Mullane, John ^a   Adams, Martin D ^a   Wijesoma, Wijerupage Sardha ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Measurement likelihoods.; Occupancy grid; Radar target detection

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR; RANDOM VARIABLES; ROBOTICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TARGET DRONES; TRACKING RADAR;

A-PRIORI; BAYES FILTERS; DATA ASSOCIATIONS; FIELD ROBOTICS; JOINT ESTIMATION PROBLEMS; LANDMARK DETECTIONS; MAPPING PROBLEMS; MEASUREMENT LIKELIHOODS.; MEASUREMENT SPACES; MILLIMETER-WAVE RADARS; NON-LINEAR FUNCTIONS; OCCUPANCY GRID; PARTICLE SOLUTIONS; RADAR TARGET DETECTION; RANDOM STATE; ROBOTIC MAPPINGS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTIES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS; TRAINING DATUM;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 60349085099     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908097214     Document Type: Article

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