The GM-CPHD tracker applied to real and realistic multistatic sonar data sets

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-235

  Georgescu, Ramona ^a   Willett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian mixture cardinalized probability hypothesis density (GM CPHD); multitarget multisensor tracking; predetection fusion

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GAUSSIANS; LOW PROBABILITY OF DETECTIONS; METRICS OF PERFORMANCE; MULTI SENSOR; MULTIPLE SENSORS; MULTISTATIC SONAR; MULTITARGET MULTISENSOR TRACKING; PRIME TIME; PROBABILITY HYPOTHESIS DENSITY; PROBABILITY HYPOTHESIS DENSITY FILTER;

PROBABILITY; SENSORS; SONAR;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84859889009     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2012.2186859     Document Type: Article

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