Tracking correlated, simultaneously evolving target populations

摘要

Multisensor-multitarget tracking algorithms are typically based on numerous statistical independence assumptions. This paper is the fifth in a series aimed at weakening such assumptions. It addresses the statistics of correlated, simultaneously evolving multitarget populations. The correlation between two multitarget populations is approximately modeled using bivariate i.i.d.c. (independent, identically distributed cluster) distributions. Based on this, a joint tracking filter for such populations is devised, in analogy with the cardinalized probability hypothesis density (CPHD) filter.