Optimization of point target tracking filters

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Caefer, Charlene E ^a   Silverman, Jerry ^a   Mooney, Jonathan M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; RADAR CLUTTER; RADAR TRACKING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CLUTTER SEVERITY; DATA SET; FILTER PARAMETERS; INFRARED CAMERAS; POINT TARGET TRACKING FILTERS; SIMPLEX ALGORITHM; TARGET VELOCITY; TRIPLE TEMPORAL FILTER;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 0033896784     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.826309     Document Type: Article

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