In this paper a performance comparison between a Kalman filter and the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) estimator: is carried out for single-target tracking. In a number of target tracking problems of various sizes, r...
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(纸本)0819436747
In this paper a performance comparison between a Kalman filter and the Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) estimator: is carried out for single-target tracking. In a number of target tracking problems of various sizes, ranging from single-target tracking to tracking of about a thousand aircraft for Air Traffic Control, it has been shown that the IMM estimator performs significantly better than a Kalman filter In spite of these studies and many others, the condition under which an IMM estimator is desirable over a single model Kalman filter has not been quantified. In this paper the limits of a single model Kalman filter vs. an IMM estimator are quantified in terms of the target maneuvering index, which is a function of target motion uncertainty, measurement uncertainty and sensor revisit interval. Naturally, the higher the maneuverability of the target (higher maneuvering index), the more the need for a versatile estimator like the IMM. Using simulation studies, it is shown that above a certain maneuvering index an IMM estimator is preferred over a Kalman filter to track the target motion. Performances of these two estimators are compared in terms of estimation errors and track continuity over the practical range of maneuvering indices. These limits should serve as a guideline in choosing the more versatile, but costlier, IMM estimator over a simpler Karman filter.
For the landmine detection problem, a detector that provides a high probability of detection and a low probability of false alarm is needed. It is often the case that detectors satisfy one requirement at the cost of p...
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(纸本)081943664X
For the landmine detection problem, a detector that provides a high probability of detection and a low probability of false alarm is needed. It is often the case that detectors satisfy one requirement at the cost of poor performance with regard to the other. Single sensors cannot achieve this goal, since every sensor has its advantages and disadvantages when dealing with a large variety of landmines, from large metal-cased mines to small plastic-cased mines, etc. Thus, in this paper we consider two types of sensors, EMI and GPR. Time-domain EMI has been extensively used in the military and humanitarian demining. However, it is essentially a metal detector, thus, can detect mines with high metal content successfully, as well as metal debris in the environment. This yields poor detection performance on mines with low metal content and high false alarm sate if the field was contaminated by metallic clutter. On the other hand, GPR is a potential tool for landmine detection, since it can detect and identify subsurface anomalies. A GPR system with wide frequency band can achieve good resolution and adequately deep penetration for landmine detection. In our previous work, we have shown that Bayesian detection approach can be applied to EMI data and provide promising results. In this paper, we present results that indicate that statistical signalprocessing techniques can improve performance over the conventional detection methods, which are usually based on the energy present in the signal. Specifically, we consider data taken by the Coleman Research Corporation (CRC) Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS) at Fort A. P. Hill, VA. and Yuma, AZ. The active system of the HSTAMIDS contains co-located metal detector (MD) and GPR sensors, which allows us to fuse the data from the MD and GPR sensors. Thus, in addition to discussing individual sensor dataprocessing, we also present result of data fusion of both the MD and the GPR data using the HSTAMIDS system.
In this paper, we derive some of the stochastic properties of a universal linear predictor, through analyses similar to those generally made in the adaptive signalprocessing literature. A. C. Singer et al. (see IEEE ...
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We present a Bayesian algorithm for optimal multiframe detection and tracking of small extended targets in two-dimensional (2D) finite resolution images. The algorithm integrates detection and tracking into a single f...
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A new algorithm is presented that instantaneously estimates the clutter characteristics in the environment of the radar cell that is processed. No a priori information is used, since the algorithm operates directly on...
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A new algorithm is presented that instantaneously estimates the clutter characteristics in the environment of the radar cell that is processed. No a priori information is used, since the algorithm operates directly on the data of the incoming burst. It is a technique that adapts continuously and instantaneously to the environment. The algorithm, after having identified the sea clutter rejects this sea clutter from the data; thus enhancing the probability of detecting small objects in a clutter environment. The final step is the actual detection that makes use of the advantages of the parametric representation. This results in a lower rate of false detections and as a consequence the later stages, like clustering and tracking, receive a more accurate input. The technique behind this algorithm uses recent developments in parametric time series analysis and performs well in suppressing sea as well as land clutter.
In this paper, we derive some of the stochastic properties of a universal linear predictor, through analyses similar to those generally made in the adaptive signalprocessing literature. A. C. Singer et al. (see IEEE ...
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In this paper, we derive some of the stochastic properties of a universal linear predictor, through analyses similar to those generally made in the adaptive signalprocessing literature. A. C. Singer et al. (see IEEE Trans. signal Proc., vol.47, no.10, p.2685-2700, Oct. 1999) introduced a predictor whose sequentially accumulated mean squared error for any bounded individual sequence was shown to be as small as that for any linear predictor of order less than some maximum order m. For stationary Gaussian time series, we generalize these results, and remove the boundedness restriction. In this paper we show that the learning curve of this universal linear predictor is dominated by the learning curve of the best order predictor used in the algorithm.
The measurements of the two closely-spaced targets will be merged when the target echoes are not resolved in angle, range, or radial velocity (i.e., Doppler processing). The modified Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) is g...
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(纸本)0819432954
The measurements of the two closely-spaced targets will be merged when the target echoes are not resolved in angle, range, or radial velocity (i.e., Doppler processing). The modified Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) is given for monopulse direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for two unresolved Rayleigh targets and used to give insight into the antenna boresight pointing. A monopulse processing technique is given for DOA estimation of two unresolved Rayleigh targets. The Nearest Neighbor Joint Probabilistic data Association Algorithm (NNJPDA) algorithm is extended to include the possibility of merged monopulse measurements of Rayleigh targets. The monopulse signals are incorporated into the data association as a feature to discriminate between merged and resolved measurements.
This paper considers the problem of tracking dim unresolved ground targets and helicopters in heavy clutter with a ground based sensor. To detect dim targets the threshold must be set low which results in a large numb...
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(纸本)0819432954
This paper considers the problem of tracking dim unresolved ground targets and helicopters in heavy clutter with a ground based sensor. To detect dim targets the threshold must be set low which results in a large number of false alarms. The tracker typically uses the target dynamics to prevent the false alarms from forming false tracks. The interesting aspect of this problem is that the targets may be or may become stationary. The tracks of stationary targets are difficult to discriminate from tracks formed by persistent false alarms.
In this paper we consider the problem of tracking a manoeuvring target in clutter. We apply an original on-line Monte Carlo (MC) filtering algorithm to perform optimal state estimation. Improved performance of the res...
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(纸本)0819432954
In this paper we consider the problem of tracking a manoeuvring target in clutter. We apply an original on-line Monte Carlo (MC) filtering algorithm to perform optimal state estimation. Improved performance of the resulting algorithm over standard IMM/PDAF based filters is demonstrated.
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