Variable Dimension Filter for Maneuvering Target Tracking

1 September 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Vol. AES-18 (5) , 621-629
https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.1982.309274

Abstract

A novel approach to tracking a maneuvering target is developed. This approach does not rely on a statistical description of the maneuver as a random process. Instead, the state model for the target is changed by introducing extra state components when a maneuver is detected. The maneuver, modeled as an acceleration, is estimated recursively. The performance of this estimator is shown to be superior to a recent algorithm presented by Chan et al. that handles the maneuver by estimating it as an unknown input. A significant departure from the current practice of comparison of algorithms is made: a recently introduced rigorous statistical methodology is used in the comparison of these estimators.

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