DocumentCode
657214
Title
Distributed multi-target search and track assignment using consensus-based coordination
Author
Severson, Tracie A. ; Paley, Derek A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
3-6 Nov. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
This paper presents a distributed, consensus-based approach to optimize radar resource management for ballistic missile surveillance and tracking. Each radar determines their preferred radar-to-target assignment by balancing radar loading and minimizing total radar usage. A unique global radar-to-target assignment that is robust to resource estimation error is generated by a distributed consensus algorithm. Performance is validated via Monte Carlo simulations.
Keywords
Monte Carlo methods; missiles; radar tracking; target tracking; Monte Carlo simulations; ballistic missile surveillance; ballistic missile tracking; consensus-based coordination; distributed multitarget search; global radar-to-target assignment; radar loading; radar resource management; resource estimation error; total radar usage; track assignment; Optimization; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Resource management; Target tracking; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
SENSORS, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
ISSN
1930-0395
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688500
Filename
6688500
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