An Application of Kalman Filtering to Underwater Tracking.

Abstract

A program was developed to improve the on-line measurement capability of the three-dimensional, underwater tracking ranges at the Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington. The program utilizes a Kalman Filter routine to minimize the effects of measurement noise in determining the true target position. The gain schedule used by the filter is calculated off-line and may be varied based on the tracking requirements. Listings of both of the Fortran programs are included. Simulated exercises were run utilizing a variety of gain schedules. Results of these simulations will assist NTS engineers in the implementation and operation of the program using the NTS computer facility. Details of the simulation procedure and a listing of the track generator program are included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA039466

Entities

People

  • Eric James Benson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Covariance
  • Data Rate
  • Data Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Kalman Filtering
  • Kalman Filters
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistics
  • Underwater Tracking
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

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  • Computer Science.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.