An Optimization-Based Parallel Particle Filter for Multitarget Tracking

Particle filters are used in state estimation applications because of their capability to solve nonlinear and non-Gaussian problems effectively. However, they have high computational requirements, especially in the case of multitarget tracking, where data association is the bottleneck. In order to perform data association and estimation together, an augmented state vector, whose dimensions depend on the number of targets, is typically used in …