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In this paper we present a general solution for multi-target tracking with superpositional measurements. Measurements that are functions of the sum of the contributions of the targets present in the surveillance area are called…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-07-19 Francesco Papi , Du Yong Kim

We propose a method for tracking an unknown number of targets based on measurements provided by multiple sensors. Our method achieves low computational complexity and excellent scalability by running belief propagation on a suitably devised…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Florian Meyer , Paolo Braca , Peter Willett , Franz Hlawatsch

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 considers the data association problem for multi-target tracking. Multiple hypothesis tracking is a popular algorithm for solving this problem but it is NP-hard and is is quite complicated for a large number of targets or for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-05 Haiqi Liu , Xiaojing Shen , Zhiguo Wang , Fanqin Meng , Junfeng Wang , Pramod , Varshney

In radar systems, tracking targets in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) environments is a very important task. There are some algorithms designed for multitarget tracking. Their performances, however, are not satisfactory in low SNR…

Applications · Statistics 2015-05-30 Huisi Tong , Hao Zhang , Huadong Meng , Xiqin Wang

We study the problem of searching for and tracking a collection of moving targets using a robot with a limited Field-Of-View (FOV) sensor. The actual number of targets present in the environment is not known a priori. We propose a search…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Yoonchang Sung , Pratap Tokekar

The Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) and Cardinalized PHD (CPHD) filters are popular solutions to the multi-target tracking problem due to their low complexity and ability to estimate the number and states of targets in cluttered…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-02-14 Isabel Schlangen , Emmanuel D. Delande , Jeremie Houssineau , Daniel E. Clark

We consider the problem of tracking multiple, unknown, and time-varying numbers of objects using a distributed network of heterogeneous sensors. In an effort to derive a formulation for practical settings, we consider limited and unknown…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Fei Chen , Hoa Van Nguyen , Alex S. Leong , Sabita Panicker , Robin Baker , Damith C. Ranasinghe

We propose a new framework that extends the standard Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) filter for multiple targets having $N\geq2$ different types based on Random Finite Set theory, taking into account not only background clutter, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Nathanael L. Baisa , Andrew Wallace

This paper develops a general trajectory probability hypothesis density (TPHD) filter, which uses a general density for target-generated measurements and is able to estimate trajectories of coexisting point and extended targets. First, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Shaoxiu Wei , Ángel F. García-Fernández , Wei Yi

The process of association and tracking of sensor detections is a key element in providing situational awareness. When the targets in the scenario are dense and exhibit high maneuverability, Multi-Target Tracking (MTT) becomes a challenging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Rishabh Verma , R Rajesh , MS Easwaran

This paper, the fourth part of a series of papers on the arithmetic average (AA) density fusion approach and its application for target tracking, addresses the intricate challenge of distributed heterogeneous multisensor multitarget…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-13 Tiancheng Li , Haozhe Liang , Guchong Li , Jesús García Herrero , Quan Pan

This paper addresses distributed multi-object tracking over a network of heterogeneous and geographically dispersed nodes with sensing, communication and processing capabilities. The main contribution is an approach to distributed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-10 C. Fantacci , B. -N. Vo , B. -T. Vo , G. Battistelli , L. Chisci

In this paper we study the problem of cooperative searching and tracking (SAT) of multiple moving targets with a group of autonomous mobile agents that exhibit limited sensing capabilities. We assume that the actual number of targets is not…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-02 Savvas Papaioannou , Panayiotis Kolios , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos G. Panayiotou , Marios M. Polycarpou

Motivated by non-linear, non-Gaussian, distributed multi-sensor/agent navigation and tracking applications, we propose a multi-rate consensus/fusion based framework for distributed implementation of the particle filter (CF/DPF). The CF/DPF…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-09-06 Arash Mohammadi , Amir Asif

This paper proposes a heterogenous density fusion approach to scalable multisensor multitarget tracking where the inter-connected sensors run different types of random finite set (RFS) filters according to their respective capacity and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Tiancheng Li , Ruibo Yan , Kai Da , Hongqi Fan

The aim of the present dissertation is to address distributed tracking over a network of heterogeneous and geographically dispersed nodes (or agents) with sensing, communication and processing capabilities. Tracking is carried out in the…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-08-19 Claudio Fantacci

Distributed multi-target tracking (DMTT) is addressed for sensors having different fields of view (FoVs). The proposed approach is based on the idea of fusing the posterior Probability Hypotheses Densities (PHDs) generated by the sensors on…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Guchong Li , Giorgio Battistelli , Wei Yi , Lingjiang Kong

This paper proposes a novel particle filter for tracking time-varying states of multiple targets jointly from superpositional data, which depend on the sum of contributions of all targets. Many conventional tracking methods rely on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-26 Nobutaka Ito , Simon Godsill

Multi-target tracking (MTT) serves as a cornerstone technology in information fusion, yet faces significant challenges in robustness and efficiency when dealing with model uncertainties, clutter interference, and target interactions.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Ming Lei , Shufan Wu