Multi-Sensor Data Fusion: An Unscented Least Squares Approach

Abstract

This manuscript provides an approach to solving the nonlinear least squares problem that arises in decentralized fusion. In decentralized fusion, measurements are first processed at the sensor node before they are relayed to the central node. Even though almost all sensor noise can be modeled as additive noise, the additive nature of the measurement noise is lost when the signal is processed at the sensor node. The proposed unscented transformation-based approach helps to tackle the non-additive nature of the noise in the nonlinear least squares problem. Numerical simulations indicate that the proposed unscented transformation-based approach yields desired results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA564903

Entities

People

  • Jemin George
  • Lance Kaplan

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Algorithms
  • Covariance
  • Data Fusion
  • Detectors
  • Errors
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Noise
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Signal Processing
  • Simplex Method
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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