State and Error Estimation in Multisource Bayesian Tracking

State estimate in general multimodal posteriors amounts to maximum-a-posteriori estimation, but estimating the error associated with it is non-trivial. Real-world problems that deal with significantly multimodal posteriors either maintain multiple hypotheses and prune branches after gathering suffic...

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Published in:Procedia computer science 2013, Vol.19, p.998-1003
Main Authors: Trivedi, Neeta, Balakrishnan, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayes filtering
data fusion
error estimation
Gaussian mixture model
localization and tracking
particle filter
sequential Monte Carlo
state estimation
terrain-aided navigation
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Summary:State estimate in general multimodal posteriors amounts to maximum-a-posteriori estimation, but estimating the error associated with it is non-trivial. Real-world problems that deal with significantly multimodal posteriors either maintain multiple hypotheses and prune branches after gathering sufficient evidence, or fuse estimates obtained from multiple sources to assess confidence in the estimation. Many applications require good estimate of error leading to faster convergence on state estimate. This paper makes two significant contributions for multisource Bayesian tracking problems. First, it derives a computationally light method for estimating the maximum-a-posteriori state, and second, it proposes a novel error estimator for faster convergence. The properties are demonstrated using application of terrain-aided navigation that fuses data from inertial navigation and altitude sensors.
ISSN:1877-0509
1877-0509
DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.139