Title :
Optimum solution methods in range profile classification and finding the distribution of range cell fluctuations
Author_Institution :
Defence Evaluation & Res. Agency, UK
Abstract :
This article describes the methodology behind previous attempts to build range profile classifiers and suggests that a different approach should be investigated. This approach is then implemented to find which distribution best describes the fluctuations that occur within range cells, and reveals an interesting result. The maximum likelihood criterion was used to devise a new method for determining which is the best fitting distribution to a set of data. The maximum likelihood method was found to agree with both the results that were previously found and the results that were found by the author using the standard technique of plotting the normalised moments
Keywords :
radar target recognition; distribution; maritime targets; maximum likelihood method; normalised moments; optimum solution methods; radar targets; range cell fluctuations; range profile classification; range profile classifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Radar 97 (Conf. Publ. No. 449)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-698-9
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971753