Title :
Distributed multi-target search and track assignment using consensus-based coordination
Author :
Severson, Tracie A. ; Paley, Derek A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a distributed, consensus-based approach to optimize radar resource management for ballistic missile surveillance and tracking. Each radar determines their preferred radar-to-target assignment by balancing radar loading and minimizing total radar usage. A unique global radar-to-target assignment that is robust to resource estimation error is generated by a distributed consensus algorithm. Performance is validated via Monte Carlo simulations.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; missiles; radar tracking; target tracking; Monte Carlo simulations; ballistic missile surveillance; ballistic missile tracking; consensus-based coordination; distributed multitarget search; global radar-to-target assignment; radar loading; radar resource management; resource estimation error; total radar usage; track assignment; Optimization; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Resource management; Target tracking; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
SENSORS, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
DOI :
10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688500
