TY - GEN
T1 - A Monte Carlo method for mobile target counting
AU - Wu, Dengyuan
AU - Cheng, Xiuzhen
AU - Chen, Dechang
AU - Cheng, Wei
AU - Chen, Biao
AU - Zhao, Wei
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper addresses the problem of target counting based on the Monte Carlo simulation. We rely on an Accept-Reject process to guide the placement of virtual targets in a virtual sensor field, which has exactly the same sensor layout as the real one. The objective of this construction is to generate a virtual target energy landscape whose shape is close enough to an energy landscape estimated from the real sensor readings. Based on the number of virtual targets placed on the virtual field and the total virtual and real target energy volumes, the number of real targets can be estimated. We consider both single-epoch and multi-epoch sensor readings, and our theoretical analysis indicates that our approach yields an estimated target count that approximately converges to the true target count. Extensive comparison based simulation study has been performed and the results verify the effectiveness of our target counting algorithms.
AB - This paper addresses the problem of target counting based on the Monte Carlo simulation. We rely on an Accept-Reject process to guide the placement of virtual targets in a virtual sensor field, which has exactly the same sensor layout as the real one. The objective of this construction is to generate a virtual target energy landscape whose shape is close enough to an energy landscape estimated from the real sensor readings. Based on the number of virtual targets placed on the virtual field and the total virtual and real target energy volumes, the number of real targets can be estimated. We consider both single-epoch and multi-epoch sensor readings, and our theoretical analysis indicates that our approach yields an estimated target count that approximately converges to the true target count. Extensive comparison based simulation study has been performed and the results verify the effectiveness of our target counting algorithms.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICDCS.2011.90
DO - 10.1109/ICDCS.2011.90
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80051886125
SN - 9780769543642
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
SP - 750
EP - 759
BT - Proceedings - 31st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2011
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ER -