Handling Missing Observations with an RNN-based Prediction-Update Cycle

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Publication Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Publisher

Springer

Publisher Location

Midtown Manhattan, New York City

Volume

13052 LNCS

First page number:

311

Last page number:

321

Abstract

In tasks such as tracking, time-series data inevitably carry missing observations. While traditional tracking approaches can handle missing observations, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are designed to receive input data in every step. Furthermore, current solutions for RNNs, like omitting the missing data or data imputation, are not sufficient to account for the resulting increased uncertainty. Towards this end, this paper introduces an RNN-based approach that provides a full temporal filtering cycle for motion state estimation. The Kalman filter inspired approach enables to deal with missing observations and outliers. For providing a full temporal filtering cycle, a basic RNN is extended to take observations and the associated belief about its accuracy into account for updating the current state. An RNN prediction model, which generates a parametrized distribution to capture the predicted states, is combined with an RNN update model, which relies on the prediction model output and the current observation. By providing the model with masking information, binary-encoded missing events, the model can overcome limitations of standard techniques for dealing with missing input values. The model abilities are demonstrated on synthetic data reflecting prototypical pedestrian tracking scenarios.

Keywords

Filtering; Missing input data; Outliers; Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs); Trajectory data

Disciplines

OS and Networks | Systems Architecture

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