A non-Gaussian filter for tracking targets moving over terrain
Abstract
This paper develops a technique for tracking targets which move over nonhomogeneous terrain. Equations for propagating the probability distribution are developed which account for the effects of terrain on target speed and direction of movement. A number of mobility parameters are developed which define the nature of the probability dispersion between measurements. When measurements are received, the probability distribution is updated according to a form of Bayes equation
- Publication:
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12th Annual Asilomar Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Computers
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979csyc.conf..112R
- Keywords:
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- Error Analysis;
- Maximum Likelihood Estimates;
- Moving Target Indicators;
- Probability Distribution Functions;
- Radar Filters;
- Radar Tracking;
- Surface Roughness Effects;
- Algorithms;
- Earth Surface;
- Signal Processing;
- Terrain Analysis;
- Tracking Filters;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering