Bayesian multicategorical soft data fusion for human-robot collaboration

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-206

  Ahmed, Nisar R ^a   Sample, Eric M ^a   Campbell, Mark ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Gaussian mixtures; human robot interaction; machine learning; Monte Carlo methods; recursive state estimation; robot sensor fusion; variational Bayes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; GAUSSIAN MIXTURES; RECURSIVE STATE ESTIMATION; ROBOT SENSORS; VARIATIONAL BAYES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 84873407382     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2012.2214556     Document Type: Article

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