Fundamentals of Object Tracking (Hardcover)

Subhash Challa

ISBN 10: 0521876281 / ISBN 13: 9780521876285

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011

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Hardcover. Kalman filter, particle filter, IMM, PDA, ITS, random sets. The number of useful object-tracking methods is exploding. But how are they related? How do they help track everything from aircraft, missiles and extra-terrestrial objects to people and lymphocyte cells? How can they be adapted to novel applications? Fundamentals of Object Tracking tells you how. Starting with the generic object-tracking problem, it outlines the generic Bayesian solution. It then shows systematically how to formulate the major tracking problems maneuvering, multiobject, clutter, out-of-sequence sensors within this Bayesian framework and how to derive the standard tracking solutions. This structured approach makes very complex object-tracking algorithms accessible to the growing number of users working on real-world tracking problems and supports them in designing their own tracking filters under their unique application constraints. The book concludes with a chapter on issues critical to successful implementation of tracking algorithms, such as track initialization and merging. In recent years there have been major advances in the use of object tracking technology for both military and civilian applications. This book provides a solid foundation to this field and its methods for the growing number of students, engineers and researchers working on real-world tracking problems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fundamentals of Object Tracking (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521876281
• ISBN 13: 9780521876285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Kalman filter, particle filter, IMM, PDA, ITS, random sets... The number of useful object-tracking methods is exploding. But how are they related? How do they help track everything from aircraft, missiles and extra-terrestrial objects to people and lymphocyte cells? How can they be adapted to novel applications? Fundamentals of Object Tracking tells you how. Starting with the generic object-tracking problem, it outlines the generic Bayesian solution. It then shows systematically how to formulate the major tracking problems – maneuvering, multiobject, clutter, out-of-sequence sensors – within this Bayesian framework and how to derive the standard tracking solutions. This structured approach makes very complex object-tracking algorithms accessible to the growing number of users working on real-world tracking problems and supports them in designing their own tracking filters under their unique application constraints. The book concludes with a chapter on issues critical to successful implementation of tracking algorithms, such as track initialization and merging.

About the Authors

Subhash Challa is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at NICTA (National ICT Australia) VRL at the University of Melbourne (UoM). He is also one of the co-founders of SenSen Networks Pty Ltd and has been the Director and CTO of the company.

Mark R. Morelande is a Senior Research Fellow in the Melbourne Systems Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.

Darko Mušicki is a Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering at Hanyang University in Ansan, Republic of Korea.

Robin J. Evans is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Victoria Research Laboratory at the University of Melbourne.