Naval Postgraduate School
A maximum likelihood tracker
| dc.contributor.advisor | Washburn, Alan R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conrad, Robert D. | |
| dc.date | March 1981 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-20T00:16:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-20T00:16:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981-03 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/20596 | |
| dc.description | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This report deals with the development and utilization of a maximum likelihood tracking algorithm designed to handle a single diffusion target. The tracker is required to accept or reject each of a sequence of discrete position reports, some of which are false alarms. Average tracking time, E(T), is defined and used to evaluate tracker performance. The effects of tracker memory are examined and a Kalman filter is developed to handle the effects of measurement error. Simulation results are included. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/maximumlikelihoo00conr | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted. | en_US |
| dc.title | A maximum likelihood tracker | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Jacobs, Patricia A | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Operations Research | |
| dc.subject.author | Tracking | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Kalman filter | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | False alarms | en_US |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Operations Research | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Operations Research | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
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