Comparison of an Alpha-Beta and Kalman Filter in Track While Scan Radars

Abstract

The efficient use of a search-surface radar or sonar, in which one or more targets appear on the screen intermittently usually demands a device for tracking the targets automatically. Such a device, called a track while scan system, must make an estimate of each target's instantaneous position from the sampled-data information provided by the radar. For this purpose, an alpha-beta filter and an optimal Kalman filter, that must track maneuvering targets, are analyzed here and compared in terms of tracking accuracy for tactical applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA084464

Entities

People

  • Dimitrios E. Mayiatis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Filters
  • Frequency Response
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection

Readers

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  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.