Real-Time Adaptation of Decision Thresholds in Sensor Networks for Detection of Moving Targets (PREPRINT)

Abstract

This paper addresses real-time decision-making associated with acoustic measurements for online surveillance of undersea targets moving over a deployed sensor network. The underlying algorithm is built upon the principles of symbolic dynamic filtering for feature extraction and formal language theory for decision-making, where the decision threshold for target detection is estimated based on time series data collected from an ensemble of passive sonar sensors that cover the anticipated tracks of moving targets. Adaptation of the decision thresholds to the real-time sensor data is optimal in the sense of weighted linear least squares. The algorithm has been validated on a simulated sensor-network test-bed with time series data from an ensemble of target tracks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA528773

Entities

People

  • Asok Ray
  • Kushal Mukherjee
  • Shalabh Gupta
  • Shashi Phoha
  • Thomas Wettergren

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Background Noise
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Feature Extraction
  • Formal Languages
  • Language
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Moving Targets
  • Networks
  • Probability
  • Sensor Networks
  • Surveillance
  • Target Detection
  • Targets
  • Test Beds

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML