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Knowledge of these two parameters is critically important to multipath-assisted SLAM, the uncertainty of which will seriously affect the SLAM accuracy. Conventional multipath-assisted SLAM algorithms generally regard these model parameters as fixed and known, which cannot meet the challenges presented in complicated environments. We address this challenge by improving the belief propagation (BP)-based SLAM algorithm and proposing a robust multipath-assisted SLAM algorithm that can accommodate model mismatch in process noise and clutter intensity. Specifically, we describe the evolution of the process noise variance and clutter intensity via Markov chain models and integrate them into the factor graph representing the Bayesian model of the multipath-assisted SLAM. Then, the BP message passing algorithm is leveraged to calculate the marginal posterior distributions of the user equipment, environmental features and unknown model parameters to achieve the goals of simultaneous localization and mapping, as well as adaptively learning the process noise variance and clutter intensity. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach is robust against the uncertainty of the process noise and clutter intensity and shows excellent performances in challenging indoor environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13091625","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,21]],"date-time":"2021-04-21T21:25:10Z","timestamp":1619040310000},"page":"1625","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Robust Multipath-Assisted SLAM with Unknown Process Noise and Clutter Intensity"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Zesheng","family":"Dan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}]},{"given":"Baowang","family":"Lian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}]},{"given":"Chengkai","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an 710072, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"99","DOI":"10.1109\/MRA.2006.1678144","article-title":"Simultaneous localization and mapping: Part I","volume":"13","author":"Bailey","year":"2006","journal-title":"IEEE Robot. 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