Uncertainty calibration and its application to object detection / von Fabian Thomas Küppers. Mülheim an der Ruhr, Januar 2023
Content
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Acronyms
Nomenclature
1 Introduction
2 Object Detection and Uncertainty Modeling
2.1 Basics of Neural Networks and Image-based Object Detection
2.1.1 Fully-Connected Neural Networks
2.1.2 Convolutional Neural Network
2.1.3 Architectures for Object Detection
2.2 Different Types of Uncertainty
2.3 Reasons for Unreliable Uncertainty
3 Semantic Confidence Calibration
3.1 Related Work in the Context of Confidence Calibration
3.2 Definitions and Metrics for Confidence Calibration
3.3 Multivariate Confidence Calibration
3.4 Experiments for Semantic Confidence Calibration
3.5 Conclusion for Semantic Confidence Calibration
4 Bayesian Confidence Calibration
4.1 Epistemic Uncertainty Modeling of Confidence Calibration
4.2 Experiments for Bayesian Confidence Calibration
4.3 Conclusion for Bayesian Confidence Calibration
5 Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
5.1 Related Work in the Context of Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
5.2 Definitions and Metrics for Uncertainty Calibration
5.3 Review of Methods for Regression Uncertainty Calibration
5.4 Parametric Calibration using Gaussian Processes
5.5 Experiments for Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
5.6 Conclusion for Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
6 Application of Calibration to Object Tracking
6.1 Object Tracking by Detection
6.2 Recursive Bayesian Filtering
6.3 Discrete Bayes Filter for Object Existence Estimation
6.4 Kalman Filter for Object Position Tracking
6.5 Track Initialization and Association
6.6 Experiments for Calibration in Object Tracking
6.6.1 Evaluations for intermediate Semantic Confidence Calibration
6.6.2 Evaluations for intermediate Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
6.6.3 Discussion of the Effect of intermediate Calibration
6.7 Conclusion for Calibration in Object Tracking
7 Conclusion
7.1 Summary of Semantic Confidence Calibration
7.2 Summary of Bayesian Confidence Calibration
7.3 Summary of Spatial Uncertainty Calibration
7.4 Final Remarks
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