Extended Target Tracking using a Gaussian-Mixture PHD Filter
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, vol.48, pp.3268-3286, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 48
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.1109/taes.2012.6324703
- Journal Name: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.3268-3286
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
This paper presents a Gaussian-mixture (GM) implementation of the probability hypothesis density (PHD) filter for tracking extended targets. The exact filter requires processing of all possible measurement set partitions, which is generally infeasible to implement. A method is proposed for limiting the number of considered partitions and possible alternatives are discussed. The implementation is used on simulated data and in experiments with real laser data, and the advantage of the filter is illustrated. Suitable remedies are given to handle spatially close targets and target occlusion.