Variable Target Model Filtering for Use with Angle Target Tracking Applications

Abstract

A variable target model filter is investigated for use with angle target tracking applications. In the absence of a target maneuver, a quiescent target model is used for the tracking filter. In the presence of a target maneuver, the target model is shifted to a maneuvering model. The basis for using a quiescent target model in conjunction with a maneuvering target model is that accurate tracking performance can be obtained for both maneuvering and non-maneuvering situations as opposed to settling for an undesirable compromise. Simulation results indicate that the variable target model filter used for this work is capable of providing best case miss distance/tracking performance for both maneuvering and non-maneuvering target conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA356534

Entities

People

  • Philip J. Haney

Organizations

  • Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Astronautics
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Detection
  • Elevation
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Filters
  • Line Of Sight
  • Markov Processes
  • Miss Distance
  • Power Spectra
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Target Tracking
  • White Noise

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.