Test Range Tracking Network Processors

Abstract

Creating accurate tracks of multiple airborne targets from multiple sensors, in real time, can be a computationally demanding process. Our approach is to perform hypothesis testing based upon the traditional method of Maximum Likelihood, but within a distributed filtering environment. This results in a large reduction in the number of floating point computations required to generate the complete set of likelihood function values. This final report describes results obtained over a 6 month Phase I project. The primary mathematical operation performed by the distributed filters is matrix triangularization. Thus, this research focused on understanding algorithms for performing this operation, as well as their parallelization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253511

Entities

People

  • Mitchell R. Belzer
  • Shi B. Chong
  • Yong M. Cho

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Arrays
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Association
  • Filters
  • Host Computers
  • Linear Arrays
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Rotation
  • Security
  • Square Roots

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.