On the bias of linear least squares algorithms for passive target localization

Signal Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-486

  Dogançay, Kutluyil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearings only target localization; Elliptical observer trajectory; Estimation bias; Linear least squares; Linear observer trajectory; Method of orthogonal vectors; Pseudolinear estimator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORIES; VECTORS;

BEARINGS-ONLY TARGET LOCALIZATION; ESTIMATION BIAS; ORTHOGONAL VECTORS; PSEUDOLINEAR ESTIMATOR;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 0742284335     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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