Tracking Study: An Introduction to the Use of Kalman Filters

Abstract

It is shown that Kalman filtering may be applied to the radar track- while-scan problem. No attempt is made to rigorously derive the Kalman equations, but the equations are related to more familiar ideas. It is demonstrated that the least squares alpha beta equations constitute a special case of the Kalman filter. The approach used, however, does not require a constant data rate or constant measurement accuracy, meaning that information from various sensors (including links) may be used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0747696

Entities

People

  • A. L. Quigley

Organizations

  • Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computers
  • Covariance
  • Data Rate
  • Data Science
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Hard Copy
  • Kalman Filtering
  • Kalman Filters
  • Measurement
  • Standards
  • Target Tracking
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional

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