• DocumentCode
    1284700
  • Title

    Maneuvering target tracking using IMM method at high measurement frequency

  • Author

    Guu, Jiin-An ; Wei, Che-Ho

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    5/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    514
  • Lastpage
    519
  • Abstract
    The problem of tracking a maneuvering target with a high measurement frequency is considered. The measurement noise is significantly correlated when the measurement frequency is high. A simple decorrelation process is proposed to enhance the interacting multiple model (IMM) algorithm to track a maneuvering target with correlated measurement noise. It is found that the decorrelation process may improve system performance significantly, especially in velocity and acceleration estimations
  • Keywords
    correlation methods; missiles; radar theory; state estimation; tracking systems; Monte Carlo methods; acceleration estimations; correlated measurement noise; decorrelation; interacting multiple model; maneuvering target; maneuvering target tracking; measurement noise; missiles; velocity estimation; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Decorrelation; Filters; Frequency measurement; Noise level; Noise measurement; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Target tracking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/7.81433
  • Filename
    81433