A Distributed Multiobject Tracking Algorithm for Passive Sensor Networks

Abstract

The multiobject tracking problem is one that has gained much attention in recent years. The primary difficulty is the subproblem of associating measurements among several (perhaps an unknown number) of targets. In the present work, a recently proposed algorithm is modified and extended for application in distributed processing passive networks. This is done by distributing the measurement-target association problem to the individual sites in the network and then combining each site's resulting associations to form the desired target tracks. Computer simulations were run to demonstrate the capabilities of the procedure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 23, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086228

Entities

People

  • Richard P. Hughes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computations
  • Data Association
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Information Theory
  • Kalman Filters
  • Multitarget Tracking
  • Networks
  • Passive Sensors
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Target Tracking
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.