Information Fusion Using Particles Intersection

Abstract

A technique is presented for combining arbitrary empirical probability density estimates whose interdependencies are unspecified. The underlying estimates may be, for example, the particle approximations of a pair of particle filters. In this respect, our approach provides a way to obtain a new particle approximation, which is better in a precise information-theoretic sense than that of any of the particle filters alone. The viability of the proposed approach is demonstrated in a multiple object tracking scenario.