A comparison of MHT and 2D assignment algorithm for tracking with an airborne pulse Doppler radar

Author

Ristic, Branko

Author_Institution

Surveillance Res. Lab., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Salisbury, SA, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

341

Abstract

The paper compares the performance of two algorithms for data association in target tracking: the multiple hypothesis tracker (MHT) and the two dimensional assignment (2DA) method which follows from the joint maximum likelihood solution. The results are presented in the context of an airborne pulse Doppler radar as a sensor. The MHT (which is computationaly more complex) clearly outperforms the 2DA in the MPRF mode. The improvement in the MPRF mode, however, is minimal for the test cases considered

Keywords

Doppler radar; airborne radar; radar tracking; target tracking; 2D assignment algorithm; MHT; MPRF mode; airborne pulse Doppler radar; computational complexity; data association; joint maximum likelihood solution; multiple hypothesis tracker; performance; sensor; target tracking; test cases; Antenna measurements; Australia; Doppler radar; Equations; Filters; Radar cross section; Radar detection; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Its Applications, 1999. ISSPA '99. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

1-86435-451-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPA.1999.818182

Filename

818182