Comparison of an (alpha)-(beta) and kalman filter in track while scan radars.

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Mayiatis, Dimitrios Emmanuel
Date
1979-12Advisor
Bouldry, John M.
Parker, S.R.
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The efficient use of a search-surface radar or sonar, in
which one or more targets appear on the screen intermittently
usually demands a device for tracking the targets automatically.
Such a device, called a "track while scan system",
must make an estimate of each target's instantaneous position
from the sampled-data information provided by the radar.
For this purpose, an a-8 filter and an optimal Kalman
filter, that must track maneuvering targets, are analyzed
here and compared in terms of tracking accuracy for tactical
applications.