Publication detail

Message Passing Algorithms for Scalable Multitarget Tracking

MEYER, F. KROPFREITER, T. WILLIAMS, J. L. LAU, R. A. HLAWATSCH, F. BRACA, P. WIN, M. Z.

Original Title

Message Passing Algorithms for Scalable Multitarget Tracking

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Situation-aware technologies enabled by multitarget tracking will lead to new services and applications in fields such as autonomous driving, indoor localization, robotic networks, and crowd counting. In this tutorial paper, we advocate a recently proposed paradigm for scalable multitarget tracking that is based on message passing or, more concretely, the loopy sum-product algorithm. This approach has advantages regarding estimation accuracy, computational complexity, and implementation flexibility. Most importantly, it provides a highly effective, efficient, and scalable solution to the probabilistic data association problem, a major challenge in multitarget tracking. This fact makes it attractive for emerging applications requiring real-time operation on resource-limited devices. In addition, the message passing approach is intuitively appealing and suited to nonlinear and non-Gaussian models.

Keywords

Data association; data fusion; factor graph; message passing; multitarget tracking; sum-product algorithm

Authors

MEYER, F.; KROPFREITER, T.; WILLIAMS, J. L.; LAU, R. A.; HLAWATSCH, F.; BRACA, P.; WIN, M. Z.

Released

8. 2. 2018

ISBN

0018-9219

Periodical

PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Year of study

106

Number

2

State

United States of America

Pages from

221

Pages to

259

Pages count

39

BibTex

@article{BUT153414,
  author="Florian {Meyer} and Thomas {Kropfreiter} and Jason {Williams} and Roslyn {Lau} and Franz {Hlawatsch} and Paolo {Braca} and Moe {Win}",
  title="Message Passing Algorithms for Scalable Multitarget Tracking",
  journal="PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE",
  year="2018",
  volume="106",
  number="2",
  pages="221--259",
  doi="10.1109/JPROC.2018.2789427",
  issn="0018-9219"
}