EM-based measurement fusion for HRR radar centroid processing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4728, Issue , 2002, Pages 80-90

  Slocumb, Benjamin J ^a   Blair, William D ^b  

^a NUMERICA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centroid Processing; EM Algorithm; High Range Resolution Radar; Measurement Fusion; Target Tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MISSILES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; RADAR TRACKING; TRACKING (POSITION);

CENTROID PROCESSING; HIGH RANGE RESOLUTION RADAR;

RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036458468     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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