Factor Graphs for Robot Perception (Paperback)

Factor Graphs for Robot Perception reviews the use of factor graphs for the modeling and solving of large-scale inference problems in robotics. Factor graphs are a family of probabilistic graphical models, other examples of which are Bayesian networks and Markov random fields, well known from the statistical modeling and machine learning literature. They provide a powerful abstraction that gives insight into particular inference problems, making it easier to think about and design solutions, and write modular software to perform the actual inference. This book illustrates their use in the simultaneous localization and mapping problem and other important problems associated with deploying robots in the real world. Factor graphs are introduced as an economical representation within which to formulate the different inference problems, setting the stage for the subsequent sections on practical methods to solve them. The book explains the nonlinear optimization techniques for solving arbitrary nonlinear factor graphs, which requires repeatedly solving large sparse linear systems. Factor Graphs for Robot Perception will be of interest to students, researchers and practicing roboticists with an interest in the broad impact factor graphs have had, and continue to have, in robot perception.

General

Imprint:	Now Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Foundations and Trends in Robotics
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Frank Dellaert • Michael Kaess
Dimensions:	157 x 234 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	154
ISBN-13:	978-1-68083-326-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Automatic control engineering > Robotics
LSN:	1-68083-326-X
Barcode:	9781680833263

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