Evaluation of the Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) Performance at Jefferson Proving Ground, January 14-24, 1997
Abstract
This document provides an analysis of the results of a test of the Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS) conducted from 14 to 24 January 1997 at the Jefferson Proving Ground in Indiana. MTADS was tested in three scenarios of roughly 10 acres each. For scenario 1, with aerial gunnery unexploded ordnance (UXO), MTADS achieved a 95.7% probability of detection (PD) with a false-alarm rate (FAR) of 41.9 per hectare (10,000 square meters). For scenario 2, with artillery and mortar UXO, MTADS achieved a 95.9% PD with a FAR of 37.6 per hectare. For scenario 3, with submunitions and grenade UXO, MTADS achieved a 93% PD with a FAR of 45.4 per hectare. An examination of the FAR with classical linear discriminants showed that reduction of the FAR of 51.4%, 25.5%, and 44%, for the respective scenarios, would have been achieved in the JPG test. Further study is needed to determine if comparable FAR reduction could be achieved in other situations. The discriminants that achieved these FAR reductions were particular to the individual scenario. No general (i.e., useful in all scenarios) discriminant was found.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA363443
Entities
People
- Marc Mander
- Samuel L. Park
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses