Multi-sensor fusion and fault detection using hybrid estimation for air traffic surveillance

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2323-2339

  Liu, Weiyi ^a   Wei, Jian ^b   Liang, Mengchen ^c   Cao, Yi ^b   Hwang, Inseok ^b  

^a QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC); FLIGHT MODES; HYBRID ESTIMATION; MULTI-SENSOR FUSION; POTENTIAL SENSOR; SENSOR FUSION ALGORITHMS; SURVEILLANCE SENSORS; TRACKING ACCURACY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA FUSION; ESTIMATION; FAULT DETECTION; TARGET TRACKING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84885603195     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2013.6621819     Document Type: Article

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