Tracking and Data Association Based on Reinforcement Learning

Currently, most multi-target data association methods require the assumption that the target motion model is known, but this assumption is clearly not valid in a real environment. In the case of an unknown system model, the influence of environmental clutter and sensor detection errors on the association results should be considered, as well as the occurrence of strong target maneuvers and the sudden appearance of new targets during the association process. To address these problems, this paper designs a target tracking and data association algorithm based on reinforcement learning. First, this algorithm combines the dynamic exploration capability of reinforcement learning and the long-time memory function of LSTM network to design a policy network that predicts the probability of associating a point with its various possible source targets. Then, the Bayesian network and the multi-order least squares curve fitting method are combined to predict the location of target, and the results are fed into the Bayesian recursive function to obtain the reward. Simultaneously, some corresponding mechanisms are proposed for possible problems that interfere with the association process. Finally, the simulation experimental results show that this algorithm associates the results with higher accuracy compared to other algorithms when faced with the above problem.