Item Identities and Their Related Observables

Abstract

Each of J items has a characteristic Signature which varies in time. At time 0, the value of a Signature and the identity of the corresponding item are known. No further values of Signatures are observed until a later time t. At time t, a Signature from an unknown item is observed. The problem is to estimate the identity of the item whose Signature is observed at time t. The estimation procedure studied is to estimate the identity of the unknown item to be that one which maximizes the posterior probability of producing the observed Signature. (jg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA219559

Entities

People

  • Donald P. Gaver Jr.
  • Patricia A. Jacobs

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Classification
  • Distribution Functions
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Gaussian Quadrature
  • Identification
  • Identities
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Normal Distribution
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Stochastic Processes

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Statistical inference.