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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

Broadcast control is one of decentralized control methods for networked multi-agent systems. In this method, each agent does not communicate with the others, and autonomously determines its own action using only the same signal sent from a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Yasushi Amano , Tomohiko Jimbo , Kenji Fujimoto

Most recent works on multi-target tracking with multiple cameras focus on centralized systems. In contrast, this paper presents a multi-target tracking approach implemented in a distributed camera network. The advantages of distributed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Sara Casao , Abel Naya , Ana C. Murillo , Eduardo Montijano

This paper develops a decentralized approach to mobile sensor coverage by a multi-robot system. We consider a scenario where a team of robots with limited sensing range must position itself to effectively detect events of interest in a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Walker Gosrich , Siddharth Mayya , Rebecca Li , James Paulos , Mark Yim , Alejandro Ribeiro , Vijay Kumar

The task of searching for and tracking of multiple targets is a challenging one. However, most works in this area do not consider evasive targets that move faster than the agents comprising the multi-robot system. This is due to the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Hian Lee Kwa , Jabez Leong Kit , Roland Bouffanais

We investigate the challenging problem of integrating detection, signal processing, target tracking, and adaptive waveform scheduling with lookahead in urban terrain. We propose a closed-loop active sensing system to address this problem by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-26 Patricia R. Barbosa , Yugandhar Sarkale , Edwin K. P. Chong , Yun Li , Sofia Suvorova , Bill Moran

Autonomous aerial-surface robot teams offer a scalable solution for maritime monitoring, but deployment remains difficult due to water-induced visual artifacts and bandwidth-limited coordination. This paper presents a decentralized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Muhammad Farhan Ahmed , Vincent Frémont

Information-driven control can be used to develop intelligent sensors that can optimize their measurement value based on environmental feedback. In object tracking applications, sensor actions are chosen based on the expected reduction in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-23 Keith A. LeGrand , Pingping Zhu , Silvia Ferrari

This work considers the problem of passively monitoring multiple moving targets with a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) agent equipped with a direction-finding radar. This is in general a challenging problem due to the unobservability…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-01 Savvas Papaioannou , Christos Laoudias , Panayiotis Kolios , Theocharis Theocharides , Christos G. Panayiotou

This paper studies the tracking control problem of networked multi-agent systems under both multiple networks and event-triggered mechanisms. Multiple networks are to connect multiple agents and reference systems with decentralized…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-03 Wei Ren , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper addresses the problem of decentralized state-tracking in the presence of sensor attacks. We consider a network of nodes where each node has the objective of tracking the state of a linear dynamical system based on its…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-20 Yanwen Mao , Paulo Tabuada

In this paper we consider multitarget tracking with multiple sensors for BMD. In a previous paper multitarget tracking with a single sensor was considered [8]. A ballistic missile may be in several pieces, presenting multiple targets.…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-08-18 Demetrios Serakos

Multi-camera vehicle tracking is one of the most complicated tasks in Computer Vision as it involves distinct tasks including Vehicle Detection, Tracking, and Re-identification. Despite the challenges, multi-camera vehicle tracking has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-18 Pirazh Khorramshahi , Vineet Shenoy , Michael Pack , Rama Chellappa

In multi-object stochastic systems, the issue of sensor management is a theoretically and computationally challenging problem. In this paper, we present a novel random finite set (RFS) approach to the multi-target sensor management problem…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-04-14 Hung Gia Hoang , Ba Tuong Vo

Target localization and tracking problems in WSNs have received considerable attention recently, driven by the requirement to achieve high localization accuracy, with the minimum cost possible. In WSN based tracking applications, it is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-07-15 Tareq Alhmiedat , Amer O. Abu Salem , Anas Abu Taleb

The ability for an autonomous agent or robot to track and identify potentially multiple objects in a dynamic environment is essential for many applications, such as automated surveillance, traffic monitoring, human-robot interaction, etc.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-26 Aijun Bai

In this work, we consider the problem of decentralized multi-robot target tracking and obstacle avoidance in dynamic environments. Each robot executes a local motion planning algorithm which is based on model predictive control (MPC). The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Rahul Tallamraju , Sujit Rajappa , Michael Black , Kamalakar Karlapalem , Aamir Ahmad

With the increasing prevalence of drones in various industries, the navigation and tracking of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in challenging environments, particularly GNSS-denied areas, have become crucial concerns. To address this need,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Iacopo Catalano , Xianjia Yu , Jorge Pena Queralta

A central problem of surveillance is to monitor multiple targets moving in a large-scale, obstacle-ridden environment with occlusions. This paper presents a novel principled Partially Observable Markov Decision Process-based approach to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-10-03 Prabhu Natarajan , Trong Nghia Hoang , Kian Hsiang Low , Mohan Kankanhalli

This survey examines recent sensor-based planning and control methods for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). In complex, uncertain underwater environments, UUVs require advanced planning and control strategies for effective navigation.…