Optimal triangulation in the presence of range errors

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Authors
Goldstein, A. A.
Russak, Ira Bert
Subjects
determination
location
least squares
optimal
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Date of Issue
1986-11
Date
August 1986 - November 1986
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This paper is essentially a subset of the report NPS-53-84-0008 by I.B. Russak and A. A. Goldstein with modifications made to the proof of the optimal ity of the three dimensional triangulation. The problem of determining the location of a fixed point using range only data occurs in a variety of areas including military applications. An example is outlined below and formed the intcentive for the work herein. The application consisted of precisely locating hydrophones placed on a ship's hull for the purpose of receiving acoustic signals to be used in calculating torpedo positions during a test. In this paper a method is developed which under the assumption of fixed system error input (in range data) produces the smallest possible error in locating the hydrophones.
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Technical Report
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NPS-53-86-012
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Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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