A Track-to-Track Association Approach with a 2-Dimensional Discrete Particle Quantum Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Radar Network

In this paper, a two-dimensional discrete quantum particle swarm optimization(2D-DQPSO) algorithm is proposed to solve track-to-track association (TTTA) problem in radar network. To make the DQPSO algorithm effective for solving TTTA, some key technologies including a special coding method of particles and corresponding operators for updating the position of particles are proposed and defined. The performance of the proposed 2D-DQPSO algorithm to solve TTTA problem is verified through computer simulation.