Efficient solution and performance analysis of 3-D position estimation by trilateration

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1239-1248

  Manolakis, Dimitris E ^a  

^a TEI of Thessaloniki ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITION ESTIMATION; TRILATERATION;

RADAR TRACKING;

EID: 0030258933     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.543845     Document Type: Article

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