Optimization of waveform and detection threshold for range and range-rate tracking in clutter

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-33

  Hong, Sun Mog ^a   Evans, Robin J ^b   Shin, Han Seop ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR TRACKING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PARAMETER CONSTRAINTS; PROBABILISTIC DATA ASSOCIATION (PDA) TRACKING; RANGE RATE TRACKING;

RADAR CLUTTER;

EID: 18844381387     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2005.1413743     Document Type: Article

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