Predicting the Probability of Target Detection in Static Infrared and Visual Scenes Using the Fuzzy Logic Approach

Abstract

The probability of detection (PD) of targets in static infrared and visually cluttered scenes is computed using the Fuzzy Logic Approach (FLA). The FLA is presented as a robust method for the computation and prediction of the PD targets in cluttered scenes. The Mamdani/Assilian, and Sugeno Neurofuzzy-based models have been investigated. A large set of infrared (IR) imagery and a limited set of visual imagery has been used to model the relationships between several input parameters; the contrast, camouflage condition,range, aspect, width and experimental PD. The fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy models gave predicted PD values that had 0.98 correlation to the experimental PD's. The results obtained indicate the robustness of the fuzzy-based modeling techniques and the applicability of the FLA to those types of problems having to do with the modeling of human-in-the-loop target detection in any spectral regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1997
Accession Number
ADA576440

Entities

People

  • Euijung Sohn
  • Grant R. Gerhart
  • Harpreet Singh
  • Labib Arefeh
  • Thomas J. Meitzler

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Camouflage
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Countermeasures
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Ground Vehicles
  • High Resolution
  • Logic
  • Neural Networks
  • Probability
  • Software Development
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Universities
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.