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Signature driven multiple target tracking

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Journal of Electronics (China)

Abstract

Tracking multiple maneuvering targets remains a challenge due to the existence of clutter and the disturbance of spurious targets. Traditional tracking algorithms treat target measurements as points which results in the loss of information. We have propose a Signature Driven multiple-target Tracking (SDT) method which uses target signature in spectral, spatial and temporary spaces as well as the Markov property of target motion, and the data association process in SDT is very effective. The experimental results have shown its outstanding performance.

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  1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Shuyan Sun, Zhipei Huang, Xiaoyi Ren & Jiankang Wu

  2. Room 504, Moshi Building, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.95 Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100190, China

    Shuyan Sun

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60772154) and the President Foundation of Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 085102GN00).

Communication author: Sun Shuyan, born in 1984, male, Ph.D. student.

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Sun, S., Huang, Z., Ren, X. et al. Signature driven multiple target tracking. J. Electron.(China) 26, 754–764 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-009-0089-0

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