Title :
A novel hypothesis splitting method implementation for multi-hypothesis filters
Author :
Bayramoglu, Enis ; Ravn, Ole ; Andersen, Nils Axel
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
The paper presents a multi-hypothesis filter library featuring a novel method for splitting Gaussians into ones with smaller variances. The library is written in C++ for high performance and the source code is open and free1. The multi-hypothesis filters commonly approximate the distribution transformations better, if the covariances of the individual hypotheses are sufficiently small. We propose a look-up table based method to calculate a set of Gaussian hypotheses approximating a wider Gaussian in order to improve the filter approximation. Python bindings for the library are also provided for fast prototyping.
Keywords :
C++ language; Gaussian distribution; approximation theory; filtering theory; mobile robots; public domain software; software libraries; table lookup; Gaussian hypothesis; Gaussians splitting; Python; distribution transformation approximation; filter approximation improvement; free source code; hypothesis covariances; hypothesis splitting method implementation; look-up table based method; multihypothesis filters; open source code; software libraries; Approximation methods; Atmospheric measurements; Bayes methods; Kalman filters; Libraries; Particle measurements; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation (ICCA), 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4707-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2013.6564951