• DocumentCode
    1179341
  • Title

    Data fusion for several Kalman filters tracking a single target

  • Author

    Atherton, D.P. ; Bather, J.A. ; Briggs, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, UK
  • Volume
    152
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    10/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    372
  • Lastpage
    376
  • Abstract
    The work described in the paper examines the accuracy of the Bar-Shalom formula for computing the fused estimate from two filters tracking a single target and compares it with the optimal least squares estimator. It is shown that the increase in mean square error is small and that the simplicity of the Bar-Shalom formula makes it appropriate to use. Simulation results on its use for fusing estimates from two and three filters are presented.
  • Keywords
    Kalman filters; least mean squares methods; sensor fusion; target tracking; tracking filters; Bar-Shalom formula; Kalman filter tracking; data fusion; least squares estimator; mean square error;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2395
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-rsn:20045054
  • Filename
    1512733