Performance evaluation of a 2/2×m/n logic for track formation in clutter using a bi-band imaging sensor

In this paper, an extension of cascaded logic track formation for bi-band imaging sensors was presented. The proposed performance evaluation technique avoids the need for extensive simulations and is applicable to both AND/OR fusion rules on the two images. This new technique can be used to select logic parameters based on the desired true track detection and false track acceptance probabilities. It was shown that for a given bi-band 2/2×m/n cascaded logic, the probability of true track acceptance can be improved by choosing the OR fusion rule whereas the probability of false track acceptance can be reduced by choosing the AND fusion rule. It is not possible to increase the true track probability and decrease the false track probability simultaneously by using the same fusion rule