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This paper addresses the challenge of assigning heterogeneous sensors (i.e., robots with varying sensing capabilities) for multi-target tracking. We classify robots into two categories: (1) sufficient sensing robots, equipped with range and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Seyed Ali Rakhshan , Mehdi Golestani , He Kong

A new Bayesian state and parameter learning algorithm for multiple target tracking (MTT) models with image observations is proposed. Specifically, a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm is designed to sample from the posterior distribution of…

Applications · Statistics 2016-03-18 Lan Jiang , Sumeetpal S. Singh

This paper presents two trajectory Poisson multi-Bernoulli (TPMB) filters for multi-target tracking: one to estimate the set of alive trajectories at each time step and another to estimate the set of all trajectories, which includes alive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-18 Ángel F. García-Fernández , Lennart Svensson , Jason L. Williams , Yuxuan Xia , Karl Granström

We consider the problem of multiple sensor scheduling for remote state estimation of multiple process over a shared link. In this problem, a set of sensors monitor mutually independent dynamical systems in parallel but only one sensor can…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-12-30 Duo Han , Junfeng Wu , Yilin Mo , Lihua Xie

In multi-object inference, the multi-object probability density captures the uncertainty in the number and the states of the objects as well as the statistical dependence between the objects. Exact computation of the multi-object density is…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2015-10-28 Francesco Papi , Ba-Ngu Vo , Ba-Tuong Vo , Claudio Fantacci , Michael Beard

State space models in which the system state is a finite set--called the multi-object state--have generated considerable interest in recent years. Smoothing for state space models provides better estimation performance than filtering by…

Computation · Statistics 2018-05-28 Ba Tuong Vo , Ba Ngu Vo

Path planning for autonomous search and tracking of multiple objects is a critical problem in applications such as reconnaissance, surveillance, and data gathering. Due to the inherent competing objectives of searching for new objects while…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Leonardo Santos , Brady Moon , Sebastian Scherer , Hoa Van Nguyen

In the target tracking and its engineering applications, recursive state estimation of the target is of fundamental importance. This paper presents a recursive performance bound for dynamic estimation and filtering problem, in the framework…

Applications · Statistics 2015-06-04 Huisi Tong , Hao Zhang , Huadong Meng , Xiqin Wang

We address the problem of maintaining resource availability in a networked multi-robot team performing distributed tracking of unknown number of targets in an environment of interest. Based on our model, robots are equipped with sensing and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Ragesh K. Ramachandran , Nicole Fronda , Gaurav S. Sukhatme

This paper proposes an efficient and robust algorithm to estimate target trajectories with unknown target detection profiles and clutter rates using measurements from multiple sensors. In particular, we propose to combine the multi-sensor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-04 Cong-Thanh Do , Tran Thien Dat Nguyen , Hoa Van Nguyen

Multisensory polices are known to enhance both state estimation and target tracking. However, in the space of end-to-end sensorimotor control, this multi-sensor outlook has received limited attention. Moreover, systematic ways to make…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Guan-Horng Liu , Avinash Siravuru , Sai Prabhakar , Manuela Veloso , George Kantor

This work addresses the problem of tracking maneuvering objects with complex motion patterns, a task in which conventional methods often struggle due to their reliance on predefined motion models. We integrate a data-driven liquid neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Minti Liu , Qinghua Guo , Cao Zeng , Yanguang Yu , Jun Li , Ming Jin

We address the real-time remote tracking problem in a status update system comprising two sensors, two independent information sources, and a remote monitor. The status updating follows a pull-based communication, where the monitor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Abolfazl Zakeri , Mohammad Moltafet , Marian Codreanu

In this paper, we mainly focus on the problem of multi-target observability, focusing on the unique state estimation criteria for multiple targets. We derive the condition which is necessary as well as sufficient for observability using…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Debadrita Banerjee , Debjani Mitra , Rajesh Dey , Mudassir Khan , Lalan Kumar

We present a novel approach for improving particle filters for multi-target tracking. The suggested approach is based on drift homotopy for stochastic differential equations. Drift homotopy is used to design a Markov Chain Monte Carlo step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-02-11 Vasileios Maroulas , Panagiotis Stinis

This paper presents and discusses an implementation of a multiple target tracking method, which is able to deal with target interactions and prevent tracker failures due to hijacking. The referenced approach uses a Markov Chain Monte Carlo…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Helder F. S. Campos , Nuno Paulino

In multi-robot multi-target tracking, robots coordinate to monitor groups of targets moving about an environment. We approach planning for such scenarios by formulating a receding-horizon, multi-robot sensing problem with a mutual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Micah Corah , Nathan Michael

This work considers the sensor scheduling for multiple dynamic processes. We consider $n$ linear dynamic processes, the state of each process is measured by a sensor, which transmits their local state estimates over wireless channels to a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Shuang Wu , Kemi Ding , Peng Cheng , Ling Shi

This paper presents a cooperative multi-robot multi-target tracking framework aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the heterogeneous sensor network and, consequently, improving overall target tracking accuracy. The concept of normalized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Jun Chen , Mohammed Abugurain , Philip Dames , Shinkyu Park

In multi-object tracking one may encounter situations were at any time step the number of possible hypotheses is too large to generate exhaustively. These situations generally occur when there are multiple ambiguous measurement returns that…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-03-25 W. Faber , S. Chakravorty , Islam I. Hussein