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A Deterministic Annealing PMHT Algorithm with an Application to Particle Tracking Are Strandlie, Josiane Zerubia To cite this version: Are Strandlie, Josiane Zerubia. A Deterministic Annealing PMHT Algorithm with an Appli- cation to Particle Tracking. RR-3711, INRIA. 1999. <inria-00072957> HAL Id: inria-00072957 https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00072957 Submitted on 24 May 2006 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- entific research documents, whether they are pub- lished or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destin´ ee au d´ epˆ ot et ` a la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publi´ es ou non, ´ emanant des ´ etablissements d’enseignement et de recherche fran¸cais ou ´ etrangers, des laboratoires publics ou priv´ es.

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A Deterministic Annealing PMHT Algorithm with an

Application to Particle Tracking

Are Strandlie, Josiane Zerubia

To cite this version:

Are Strandlie, Josiane Zerubia. A Deterministic Annealing PMHT Algorithm with an Appli-cation to Particle Tracking. RR-3711, INRIA. 1999. <inria-00072957>

HAL Id: inria-00072957

https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00072957

Submitted on 24 May 2006

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open accessarchive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come fromteaching and research institutions in France orabroad, or from public or private research centers.

L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, estdestinee au depot et a la diffusion de documentsscientifiques de niveau recherche, publies ou non,emanant des etablissements d’enseignement et derecherche francais ou etrangers, des laboratoirespublics ou prives.

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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE

A deterministic annealing PMHT algorithm with anapplication to particle tracking

Are Strandlie — Josiane Zerubia

N° 3711

Juin 1999

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Unité de recherche INRIA Lorraine : Technopôle de Nancy-Brabois - Campus scientifique615, rue du Jardin Botanique - B.P. 101 - 54602 Villers lès Nancy Cedex (France)

Unité de recherche INRIA Rennes : IRISA, Campus universitaire de Beaulieu - 35042 Rennes Cedex (France)Unité de recherche INRIA Rhône-Alpes : 655, avenue de l’Europe - 38330 Montbonnot St Martin (France)

Unité de recherche INRIA Rocquencourt : Domaine de Voluceau - Rocquencourt - B.P. 105 - 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex (France)

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