Automatic track initiation of manoeuvring target in clutter

Automatic track initiation of manoeuvring targets in clutter is considered and an approximate solution is derived. The proposed approach integrates target existence uncertainty and target dynamical model uncertainty using independent Markov chains within the general Bayesian framework. Using Gaussian approximations an IPDA-IMM algorithm is derived and its performance is compared with other PDA based solutions - IMM-PDA and IMM-IPDA.