Knowledge-aided covariance matrix estimation: A MAXDET approach

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-356

  De Maio, A ^a   De Nicola, S ^a   Landi, L ^a   Farina, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-PRIORI ESTIMATES; ADAPTIVE DETECTORS; ADAPTIVE RADAR DETECTION; APRIORI; CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX ESTIMATION; DETECTION PROBABILITIES; ESTIMATION ERRORS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; ML ESTIMATION; NEIGHBOURHOOD; OPTIMISATIONS; SCATTERING MODEL; TRAINING DATA;

DETECTORS; ERROR DETECTION; ESTIMATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; TRACKING RADAR;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 69249122512     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2008.0153     Document Type: Article

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