On the Sequential Accumulation of Evidence

作者:Tal Arbel, Frank P. Ferrie

摘要

In this paper, we introduce a method for sequentially accumulating evidence as it pertains to an active observer seeking to identify an object in a known environment. We develop a probabilistic framework, based on a generalized inverse theory, where assertions are represented by conditional probability density functions. This leads to a sequential recognition strategy in which evidence is accumulated over successive viewpoints using Bayesian chaining until a definitive assertion can be made. To illustrate the theory we show how the characteristics of belief distributions can be exploited in a model-based recognition problem, where the task is to identify an unknown model from a database of known objects on the basis of parameter estimates. We illustrate the robustness of the algorithm through recognition experiments in two very different contexts: (1) a highly structured recognition context where 3-D parametric models can be estimated directly from range data, (2) a complex environment, where the relationship between the data and the model is learned through an appearance-based strategy. Specifically, the flow fields computed through the object's motion are used as structural signatures for recognition.

论文关键词:sequential recognition, belief distributions, appearance flows

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论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011187530616