Title :
Probability Densities and Characteristic Functions for Fluctuating Targets
Author :
McNolty, Frank ; Hansen, Eldon
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory
fDate :
7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Probability density functions and characteristic functions for the projected area of a tumbling target object are derived together with the densities and characteristic functions for the corresponding signal-plus-noise voltage output of an infrared sensor. Several cases are considered in which the signal pulse arrival time is either known or unknown, a matched filter or a suboptimum filter is used; the signal pulse shape is either Gaussian or is unspecified; and the target orientation angles are either uniformly or nonuniformly distributed.
Keywords :
History; Infrared sensors; Laboratories; Matched filters; Probability density function; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Signal analysis; Surface treatment; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1979.308732