Evaluating radar detection probabilities by steepest descent integration
Abstract
The probability of detection for radars employing noncoherent integration and a fixed threshold or cell-averaging constant false alarm rate (CA-CFAR) processor is computed by numerical contour integration in the complex plane. The technique is applied to both nonfluctuating and chi-squared fluctuating targets. A bound on the truncation error allows for a simple stopping rule for the numerical integration. The method has applicability to many problems in radar detection theory.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- September 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAES.1984.310530
- Bibcode:
- 1984ITAES..20..624H
- Keywords:
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- Numerical Integration;
- Probability Theory;
- Radar Detection;
- Signal Processing;
- Steepest Descent Method;
- Complex Variables;
- Performance Prediction;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Target Recognition;
- Truncation Errors;
- Communications and Radar