Title :
Performance modeling of tasked tracking systems with stochastic detection and target dynamics
Author :
Peters, Craig Steven ; Reed, C. Christopher
Author_Institution :
Bank of America, USA
Abstract :
A tasked tracking system updates target tracks by aiming its sensors at the expected target locations, and searching the neighborhoods of these locations until the targets are redetected. A renewal model for the state of a tracking system results in coupled partial differential and integral equations for the density of the "time since last detection process". One can use the densities to correlate tracking capacity with sensor resources. Exact solutions and approximate methods are discussed.
Keywords :
approximation theory; integral equations; partial differential equations; performance evaluation; probability; search problems; signal detection; target tracking; tracking; approximate methods; coupled partial differential equations; detection process; expected target locations; performance modeling; renewal model; searching; stochastic detection; target dynamics; tasked tracking systems; tracking capacity; wide area sensors; Aerodynamics; Airborne radar; Capacitive sensors; Integral equations; Radar tracking; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Spaceborne radar; Stochastic systems; Target tracking;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on