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| author | Herrmann, Lukas García-Fernández, Ángel F. Brekke, Edmund F. |
| author_facet | Herrmann, Lukas García-Fernández, Ángel F. Brekke, Edmund F. |
| contents | The histogram-probabilistic multi-hypothesis tracker (H-PMHT) is a parametric approach to solving the multi-target track-before-detect (TBD) problem, using expectation maximisation (EM). A key limitation of this method is the assumption of a known and constant number of targets. In this paper, we propose the integrated existence Poisson histogram probabilistic multi-hypothesis tracker (IE-PHPMHT), for TBD of multiple targets. It extends the H-PMHT framework by adding a probability of existence to each potential target. For the derivation, we utilise a Poisson point process (PPP) measurement model and Bernoulli targets, allowing for a multi-Bernoulli birth process and an unknown, time-varying number of targets. Hence, integrated track management is achieved through the discrimination of track quality assessments based on existence probabilities. The algorithm is evaluated in a simulation study of two scenarios and is compared with several other algorithms, demonstrating its performance. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Histogram-Probabilistic Multi-Hypothesis Tracking with Integrated Target Existence Herrmann, Lukas García-Fernández, Ángel F. Brekke, Edmund F. Signal Processing The histogram-probabilistic multi-hypothesis tracker (H-PMHT) is a parametric approach to solving the multi-target track-before-detect (TBD) problem, using expectation maximisation (EM). A key limitation of this method is the assumption of a known and constant number of targets. In this paper, we propose the integrated existence Poisson histogram probabilistic multi-hypothesis tracker (IE-PHPMHT), for TBD of multiple targets. It extends the H-PMHT framework by adding a probability of existence to each potential target. For the derivation, we utilise a Poisson point process (PPP) measurement model and Bernoulli targets, allowing for a multi-Bernoulli birth process and an unknown, time-varying number of targets. Hence, integrated track management is achieved through the discrimination of track quality assessments based on existence probabilities. The algorithm is evaluated in a simulation study of two scenarios and is compared with several other algorithms, demonstrating its performance. |
| title | Histogram-Probabilistic Multi-Hypothesis Tracking with Integrated Target Existence |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20526 |