Bayesian versus "plain-vanilla Bayesian" multitarget statistics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5429, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-12

  Mahler, Ronald ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE-SET STATISTICS; MULTITARGET STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SENSORS;

EID: 8844224226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.544505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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