Sensor control is a challenging issue in the field of multi-target tracking. It involves multi-target state estimation and the optimal control of the sensor. To maximize the overall utility of the surveillance system, we propose a dual sensor control scheme. This work is formulated in the framework of partially observed Markov decision processes (POMDPs) with Mahler’s finite set statistics (FISST). To evaluate the performance associated with each control action, a key element is to design an appropriate metric. From a task-driven perspective, we utilize a metric to minimize the posterior distance between the sensor and the target. This distance-related metric promotes the design of a dual sensor control scheme. Moreover, we introduce a metric to maximize the predicted average probability of detection, which will improve the efficiency by avoiding unnecessary update processes. Simulation results indicate that the performance of the proposed algorithm is significantly superior to the existing methods.
Keywords: FISST-based filter; POMDPs; multi-target tracking; sensor control.