Long Description
When using particle filters to approximate an unknown distribution, too few particles may not adequately sample the underlying distribution, while too many samples can increase the run time of time sensitive programs (e.g. particle filter localization for a mobile robot). Running this program demonstrates how different KLD-sampling parameters affect both the number of samples and the estimated mean and variance of the underlying distribution. This sample program assumes a 1D underlying distribution, but the provided KLD-sampling module works on multivariate distributions.

Hardware/Software Requirements
Linux/Unix, G++ 3.3/4.0.x

Papers Describing the Approach
Dieter Fox: Adapting the sample size in particle filters through KLD-sampling, International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2003 (link)

License Information
This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The authors allow the users of OpenSLAM.org to use and modify the source code for their own research. Any commercial application, redistribution, etc has to be arranged between users and authors individually and is not covered by OpenSLAM.org.

This program is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Copyright (C) 2006 - Patrick Beeson