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A Consistent Metric for Performance Evaluation of Multi-Object Filters

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Schuhmacher, D.
Vo, Ba Tuong
Vo, Ba-Ngu
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2008
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Schuhmacher, D. and Vo, B.T. and Vo, B. 2008. A Consistent Metric for Performance Evaluation of Multi-Object Filters. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 56 (8): pp. 3447-3457.
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IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
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The concept of a miss-distance, or error, between a reference quantity and its estimated/controlled value, plays a fundamental role in any filtering/control problem. Yet there is no satisfactory notion of a miss-distance in the well-established field of multi-object filtering. In this paper, we outline the inconsistencies of existing metrics in the context of multi-object miss-distances for performance evaluation. We then propose a new mathematically and intuitively consistent metric that addresses the drawbacks of current multi-object performance evaluation metrics.