Title :
JIPDA: Automatic target tracking avoiding track coalescence
Author :
Blom, Henk A. P. ; Bloem, Edwin A. ; Musicki, Darko
Author_Institution :
Netherlands & Nat. Aerosp. Lab. NLR, Delft Univ. of Technol. Delft, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
Joint integrated probabilistic data association (JIPDA) is effective in automatic multitarget tracking in an environment of false and missing measurements. However, JIPDA suffers from coalescence of closely spaced tracks. This paper develops a coalescence-avoiding version of JIPDA, which is named JIPDA. To accomplish this, the descriptor system approach is used that has previously been used for the development of JPDA, i.e., a coalescence-avoiding JPDA version. The effectiveness of JIPDA is demonstrated through simulations.
Keywords :
target tracking; JIPDA; automatic multitarget tracking; automatic target tracking; coalescence-avoiding JPDA version; joint integrated probabilistic data association; track coalescence; Clutter; Handheld computers; Length measurement; Probability density function; Target tracking; Trajectory; Yttrium;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2014.130327