Automatic censoring CFAR detector based on ordered data variability for nonhomogeneous environments

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Farrouki, A ^a   Barkat, M ^a  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR CLUTTER; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL NOISE;

AUTOMATIC CENSORED CELL AVERAGING; CENSORED MEAN LEVEL DETECTOR; CONSTANT FALSE ALARM RATE; ORDERED DATA VARIABILITY;

RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 14244266844     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20045006     Document Type: Article

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