Introduction - If you have any usage issues, please Google them yourself
Sequential Monte Carlo
Sequential Monte Carlo methods are a very general class of Monte Carlo methods
for sampling from sequences of distributions. Simple examples of these algorithms are
used very widely in the tracking and signal processing literature. Recent developments
illustrate that these techniques have much more general applicability, and can be applied
very effectively to statistical inference problems. Unfortunately, these methods are often
perceived as being computationally expensive and difficult to implement. This article
seeks to address both of these problems.
A C++ template class library for the efficient and convenient implementation of very
general Sequential Monte Carlo algorithms is presented. Two example applications are
provided: a simple particle filter for illustrative purposes and a state-of-the-art algorithm
for rare event estimation.