Probabilistic objective functions for sensor management

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5429, Issue , 2004, Pages 233-244

  Mahler, Ronald ^a   Zajic, Tim ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTI-HYPOTHESIS CORRELATOR (MHC) FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION-HEDGING STRATEGIES (OHS); POSTERIOR EXPECTED NUMBER OF TARGETS (PENT); PROBABILITY HYPOTHESIS DESNITY (PHD);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 8844282738     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.543530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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