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Monte Carlo-Based Bayesian Group Object Tracking and Causal Reasoning

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Advances in Intelligent Signal Processing and Data Mining

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We present algorithms for tracking and reasoning of local traits in the subsystem level based on the observed emergent behavior of multiple coordinated groups in potentially cluttered environments. Our proposed Bayesian inference schemes, which are primarily based on (Markov chain) Monte Carlo sequential methods, include: 1) an evolving network-based multiple object tracking algorithm that is capable of categorizing objects into groups, 2) a multiple cluster tracking algorithm for dealing with prohibitively large number of objects, and 3) a causality inference framework for identifying dominant agents based exclusively on their observed trajectories.We use these as building blocks for developing a unified tracking and behavioral reasoning paradigm. Both synthetic and realistic examples are provided for demonstrating the derived concepts.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Avishy Y. Carmi

  2. School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

    Lyudmila Mihaylova & Amadou Gning

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel

    Pini Gurfil

  4. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge

    Simon J. Godsill

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Carmi, A.Y., Mihaylova, L., Gning, A., Gurfil, P., Godsill, S.J. (2013). Monte Carlo-Based Bayesian Group Object Tracking and Causal Reasoning. In: Georgieva, P., Mihaylova, L., Jain, L. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Signal Processing and Data Mining. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 410. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28696-4_2

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