Models for Target Detection Times

Abstract

Some battlefield models have a component in them which models the time it takes for an observer to detect a target. Different observers may have different mean detection times due to various factors such as the type of sensor used, environmental conditions, fatigue of the observer, etc. Two parametric models for the distribution of time to target detection are considered which can incorporate these factors. Maximum likelihood estimation procedures for the parameters are described. Results of simulation experiments to study the small sample behavior of the estimators are presented. (jhd)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA219542

Entities

People

  • Deok H. Bae

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Battlefields
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Histograms
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Observers
  • Operations Research
  • Random Variables
  • Schools
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Target Detection
  • Task Forces

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Statistical inference.