Retention probability in a track-while-scan radar
Abstract
The probability of maintaining the track file, after acquisition in a track-while-scan (TWS) radar, has been formulated and computed under various conditions of initial range, velocity, and track drop time. All calculations are based on a predetermined update probability versus range characteristic. Results, obtainable with a digital computer in just seconds of computing time, readily demonstrate the relative superiority of retention characteristics achievable for TWS radar with an electronically steerable array antenna.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAES.1981.309047
- Bibcode:
- 1981ITAES..17..139F
- Keywords:
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- Data Acquisition;
- Probability Theory;
- Pulse Doppler Radar;
- Radar Scanning;
- Tracking Radar;
- Algorithms;
- Digital Computers;
- Entropy (Statistics);
- Radar Echoes;
- Radar Resolution;
- Radar Targets;
- Retaining;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Communications and Radar