A Non-Standard Probabilistic Position-Fixing Model

Abstract

This is one of a series of algorithm analysis reports performed for the US Army Intelligence Center and School covering selected algorithms in existing or planned Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (IEW) systems. This report constructs a mathematical model of position fixing using one or two sensors for comparison with previously employed models. The impact of relaxation of certain assumptions in older models upon the derived confidence ellipses is examined, particularly with respect to the actual contained probability within the ellipses. Keywords: Radio direction finding; Normal and error distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA166476

Entities

People

  • James Denton
  • John A. Ferling
  • Larry Knop
  • Lisa Harris
  • Will Duquette

Organizations

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Direction Finding
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematics
  • Models
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems