Performance of a class of adaptive detection algorithms in nonhomogeneous environments

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1248-1262

  Richmond, Christ D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE; Adaptive detection; AMF; Beamforming; CFAR; False alarms; GER; GLRT; Inhomogeneities; Sidelobe blanker; Undernulled interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000953558     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/78.839973     Document Type: Article

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