Performance evaluation of an algorithm for multiple target angle tracking

Author

Keche, M. ; Ouamri, A. ; Harrison, I. ; Woolfson, M.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK

Volume

144

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

258

Abstract

The authors evaluate the performance of an algorithm for passive angles-only tracking of multiple moving targets. This algorithm combines a beamforming algorithm and the Kalman filter to solve the data association problem, which arises in multiple target tracking. Three beamforming algorithms are considered. These algorithms are based on the maximum likelihood method and retrieve the directions of arrival, by minimising a cost function. The authors investigate the impact of this function and other parameters on the performance of the tracking algorithm, in terms of correct data association

Keywords

Kalman filters; array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; filtering theory; maximum likelihood estimation; target tracking; tracking filters; DOA estimation; Kalman filter; beamforming algorithm; beamforming algorithms; cost function minimisation; data association problem solution; directions of arrival; maximum likelihood method; multiple moving targets; multiple target angle tracking; passive angles only tracking; performance evaluation; tracking algorithm performance; uniform linear array;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2395

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-rsn:19971321

Filename

635856