YOLOv8-16bit/docs/reference/tracker/utils/matching.md

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description: Learn how to match and fuse object detections for accurate target tracking using Ultralytics' YOLO merge_matches, iou_distance, and embedding_distance.
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# merge_matches
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.merge_matches
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# _indices_to_matches
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching._indices_to_matches
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# linear_assignment
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.linear_assignment
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# ious
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.ious
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# iou_distance
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.iou_distance
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# v_iou_distance
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.v_iou_distance
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# embedding_distance
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.embedding_distance
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# gate_cost_matrix
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.gate_cost_matrix
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# fuse_motion
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.fuse_motion
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# fuse_iou
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.fuse_iou
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# fuse_score
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.fuse_score
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# bbox_ious
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:::ultralytics.tracker.utils.matching.bbox_ious
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