THE RESOLVABILITY OF POINT SOURCES

Abstract

The problem investigated is the resolvability, in the presence of noise, of point sources which are separated in azimuth by less than the width of the main lobe of the gain pattern. The probability of correctly resolving two sources is derived for a particular class of decision methods as a function of the strengths of the sources, their angular separation and noise level. Numerical results are presented for a case which corresponds more accurately to optical or infrared devices than to radar.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1959
Accession Number
AD0616420

Entities

People

  • Peter Swerling

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Science
  • Decision Theory
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Errors
  • Information Science
  • Monopulse Radar
  • Observation
  • Optical Detection
  • Photography
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Radar
  • Radar Targets
  • Tank Guns
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.