Target localization from bearings-only observations

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-10

  Taff, L G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASTRONOMY; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GEODESY; KINEMATICS; OBSERVABILITY;

TARGET LOCALIZATION;

SONAR;

EID: 0030735519     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.570703     Document Type: Article

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