DocumentCode
549089
Title
Analysis of track fusion using the reduced state estimator
Author
Foster, George J.
Author_Institution
Dahlgren Div., Strategic & Weapon Control Syst. Dept., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
5-8 July 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
We evaluate the performance of track fusion of two-state tracks based on individual track estimates. The individual track estimates are evaluated using a Reduced State Estimator that provides a separate estimate of the filtered random error and the bias resulting from target acceleration. By separating the bias and random portions of the errors, the filters and fusion process can be optimized to minimize cost functions specific to each application.
Keywords
Kalman filters; matrix algebra; sensor fusion; state estimation; target tracking; Kalman filtering; cost functions; random error filtering; reduced state estimator; target acceleration; track fusion analysis; two-state tracks; Acceleration; Covariance matrix; Kalman filters; Noise; Radar tracking; Target tracking; Time factors; Kalman filtering; Tracking; cost function; estimation; optimization; reduced state estimator; track fusion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Fusion (FUSION), 2011 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0267-9
Type
conf
Filename
5977524
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