Variational Bayesian data fusion of multi-class discrete observations with applications to cooperative human-robot estimation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 186-191

  Ahmed, Nisar ^a   Campbell, Mark ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM; CONTINUOUS STATE; DISCRETIZATIONS; FUSION STRATEGIES; GAUSSIAN SOLUTIONS; GAUSSIANS; HIDDEN STATE; HUMAN -ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HYBRID BAYESIAN NETWORKS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIXTURE MODEL; MULTI-CLASS; REAL-TIME DATA FUSION; STATE-DEPENDENT; TARGET LOCALIZATION; VARIATIONAL BAYESIAN;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DATA FUSION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFERENCE ENGINES; INFORMATION FUSION; ROBOTICS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 77955837988     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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